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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.
会huìcan; to have the skill; to know how to
人person · rén
云cloud · yún
Memory aidPeople 人 getting together to talk 云 (云 meant “to say” in old Chinese): to meet, and to know how.
How to write 省会
省 9 strokes · 会 6 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 省会 (shěnghuì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
省会 (shěnghuì) means “provincial capital”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shěnghuì: shěng with a 3rd tone, then huì with a 4th 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, 省会 is written 省會. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shenghui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 省会 from the suggestions. Typing shenghui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
省会 is an HSK 6 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.
省shěng3rd tone, dipping
会huì4th tone, falling
