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省

shěng

A2 Level 4 ★ Core word
Transitive stative verbStative verbNoun

省 (shěng) is a Chinese word meaning “to save; to economize; to be frugal”. It sits at TOCFL Level 4 (CEFR A2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to save; to economize; to be frugal
  2. to omit; to delete; to leave out
  3. province
  4. provincial capital
  5. a ministry (of the Japanese government)

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Example

坐公車比坐計程車省錢。

Taking the bus saves money compared to a taxi.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).