HSK 5 · Verbs

省略 shěnglüè “to leave out” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 省略 means

  1. to leave out
  2. an omission

How to say 省略

    省略 in a sentence

    1. 我省略了什么？

      Wǒ shěnglüè le shénme?

      What did I omit?

      Sentence #13138864 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

    2. 省略掉无用的词！

      Shěnglüè diào wúyòng de cí!

      Omit needless words!

      Sentence #12880276 from Tatoeba

    How 省略 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 .

    The character 略 (lüè) with each of its parts in a different colour
    略lüèbrief; sketchy
    • 田field · tiánMeaning part
    • 各individual · gèSound part

    田 hints at the meaning (field); 各 (gè) hints at the sound. Compare it with .

    How to write 省略

    省 9 strokes · 略 11 strokes

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

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

    Words related to 省略

    Words with 省

    省shěng · to save节省jiéshěng · to save省会shěnghuì · provincial capital

    Words with 略

    忽略hūlüè · to overlook侵略qīnlüè · invasion策略cèlüè · strategy战略zhànlüè · strategy

    More words: Common Verbs

    舍不得shěbude · to hate to part with伸shēn · to stretch升shēng · to rise生产shēngchǎn · to produce失去shīqù · to lose实现shíxiàn · to achieve使劲儿shǐjìnr · to exert all one’s strength属于shǔyú · to be classified as

    FAQs

    省略 (shěnglüè) means “to leave out” or “an omission”. It is an HSK 5 word.
    Say it shěnglüè: shěnglüè. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
    Yes. 省略 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shenglue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 省略 from the suggestions. Typing shenglue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    省略 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.