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省
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Definitions
- 1. to save
- 2. to economize
- 3. to do without
- 4. to omit
- 5. to leave out
- 6. province
- 7. (archaic) central government department
Example Sentences
1 shown省 省 吧！
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 省
Ontario province, Canada
subprovincial city (having independent economic status within a province)
interprovincial; multiprovincial
provincial capital
rubicene (chemistry)
Huambo province of Angola
to live frugally
province
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)
Wardak (Afghan province)
British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
sb who is easy to deal with
saving
Anhui Province, short name 皖[wǎn], capital Hefei 合肥[hé féi]
to lose consciousness
to save labor
a provincial capital
to go home for a visit; to return to one's parents' home to pay respects
Guangdong Province (Kwangtung) in south China, short name 粵|粤[yuè], capital Guangzhou 廣州|广州[guǎng zhōu]
thrifty
Taiwan province (PRC term)
to save money
Ministry of Health and Welfare (Japan) (replaced in 2001 by 厚生勞動省|厚生劳动省[hòu shēng láo dòng shěng])
to simplify matters
morning and evening visits to parents
foreign ministry (e.g. of Japan or Korea)
Sindh province of Pakistan
relaxed
to reflect upon oneself
to save
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Japan), ceased to exist in 2001 when it was merged with another ministry
to realize suddenly
Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004), Chinese-American mathematician
to visit one's parents
the whole province
sub-provincial (not provincial status, but independent)
to reflect upon oneself
Baghlan province of north Afghanistan
Balochistan (Pakistan)
to examine oneself
default (setting)
to simplify
to omit
(linguistics) elision
to leave out
Herat province of Afghanistan
governor of a province
to call upon
to leave out
Liaoning province in northeast China, short name 遼|辽[liáo], capital Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳[shěn yáng]
direct management of a county by the province (PRC administrative reform)
to provide food for thought (idiom)
to avoid
to examine
convenient
introversion
to handle administrative work
provincial city
western Kham
Guangxi Province, officially (since 1958) Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[guǎng xī zhuàng zú zì zhì qū], capital Nanning 南寧|南宁[nán níng]
to save labor
former Ningxia province, now Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[níng xià huí zú zì zhì qū]
an apostrophe (punct.)
Shandong, province in northeast China, short name 魯|鲁[lǔ], capital Jinan 濟南|济南[jǐ nán]
(administrative) province-level
people of this province
to leave out
Hebei Province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀[jì], capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[shí jiā zhuāng]
former Suiyuan province in Inner Mongolia and Shanxi
to save electricity
to cause no trouble
Nangarhar province of Afghanistan
Ghazni or Ghaznah province of Afghanistan
provincial boundary
Fujian province (Fukien) in Taiwan
provinces and cities
Kandahar province of Afghanistan
Töv Province (Töv Aimag) of Mongolia
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (Japan)
to wake up to reality
frugal
the three provinces of Northeast China, namely: Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng], Jilin Province 吉林省[jí lín shěng] and Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[hēi lóng jiāng shěng]
seeing to bed in the evening and visiting in the morning (ancient filial duty)
major agricultural province
a provincial capital
provincial Party committee
apostrophe
name of Qing dynasty province covering south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces, with capital at Nanjing
Aceh province of Indonesia in northwest Sumatra
provincial capital
(coll.) Don't waste your breath.
Punjab province of Pakistan
ellipsis (punct.)