HSK 5 · Verbs

节省 jiéshěng “to save” in Chinese

Traditional 節省

What 节省 means

  1. to save
  2. to economise
  3. to use sparingly
  4. saving
  5. to cut down on

How to say 节省

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale节jié2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale省shěng3rd tone, dipping

节省 in a sentence

  1. 电脑为我们节省了很多时间，解决了很多问题。

    Diànnǎo wèi wǒmen jiéshěng le hěn duō shíjiān, jiějué le hěn duō wèntí.

    Computers save us a lot of time and solve lots of problems.

    Sentence #343804 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 那条桥为我们节省了不少时间。

    Nà tiáo qiáo wèi wǒmen jiéshěng le bùshǎo shíjiān.

    That bridge has saved us a lot of time.

    Sentence #362632 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我们很节省地旅行。

    Wǒmen hěn jiéshěng de lǚxíng.

    We are travelling on a tight budget.

    Sentence #895647 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 节省 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 节 (jié) drawn as one shape
节jiéjoint; node

节 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidSimplified from 節, the joints of bamboo ⺮ (the simplified form has 艹 on top). From there, a section, and a festival.

The character 省 (shěng) with each of its parts in a different colour
省shěngto save; to economise; to be frugal
  • 少few · shǎoSound part
  • 目eye · mùMeaning part

目 hints at the meaning (eye); 少 (shǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with shěng.

How to write 节省

节 5 strokes · 省 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

节省 (jiéshěng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 节省 (jiéshěng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 节省

Words with 节

季节jìjié · season节目jiémù · programme节日jiérì · holiday过节guòjié · to celebrate a festival节jié · festival节约jiéyuē · to economise细节xìjié · details国庆节Guóqìngjié · PRC National Day (October 1st)节制jiézhì · to control调节tiáojié · to adjust

Words with 省

省shěng · to save省略shěnglüè · to leave out省会shěnghuì · provincial capital

More words: Common Verbs

浇jiāo · to water (plants)教训jiàoxun · a lesson (learnt the hard way)接触jiēchù · to touch接近jiējìn · to approach结合jiéhé · to combine届jiè · measure word for sessions尽力jìnlì · to strive one’s hardest进步jìnbù · progress

FAQs

节省 (jiéshěng) means “to save” or “to economise”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiéshěng: jié with a 2nd tone, then shěng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 节省 is written 節省. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiesheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 节省 from the suggestions. Typing jiesheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
节省 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.