HSK 4 · Verbs

省 shěng “to save” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 省 means

  1. to save
  2. to economise
  3. to be frugal
  4. to omit
  5. to delete
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to leave out
  • province
  • provincial capital
  • a ministry (of the Japanese government)

How to say 省

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale省shěng3rd tone, dipping

省 in a sentence

  1. 你省了我好多时间。

    Nǐ shěng le wǒ hǎoduō shíjiān.

    You’ve saved me a lot of time.

    Sentence #6114430 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我在省钱买新车。

    Wǒ zài shěng qián mǎi xīn chē.

    I’m saving up to buy a new car.

    Sentence #5691280 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这辆车很省油。

    Zhè liàng chē hěn shěng yóu.

    This car is very economical on petrol.

    Sentence #791419 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 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 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 省

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.

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

Words related to 省

Words with 省

节省jiéshěng · to save省略shěnglüè · to leave out省会shěnghuì · provincial capital

More words: Common Verbs

散步sànbù · to take a walk伤心shāngxīn · to grieve申请shēnqǐng · to apply (for)生活shēnghuó · to live剩shèng · to remain使shǐ · to make使用shǐyòng · to use适合shìhé · to fit

FAQs

省 (shěng) means “to save” or “to economise”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it shěng: shěng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 省 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type sheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 省 from the suggestions. Typing sheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
省 is an HSK 4 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.