shěng

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  1. 1. to save
  2. 2. to economize
  3. 3. to do without
  4. 4. to omit
  5. 5. to leave out
  6. 6. province
  7. 7. (archaic) central government department

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Words Containing 省

反省
fǎn xǐng

to reflect upon oneself

省事
shěng shì

to simplify matters

省事
xǐng shì

to handle administrative work

省会
shěng huì

provincial capital

省略
shěng llüè

to leave out

省钱
shěng qián

to save money

节省
jié shěng

saving

不列颠哥伦比亚省
bù liè diān gē lún bǐ yà shěng

British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada

不省人事
bù xǐng rén shì

to lose consciousness

中央省
zhōng yāng shěng

Töv Province (Töv Aimag) of Mongolia

亚齐省
yà qí shěng

Aceh province of Indonesia in northwest Sumatra

信德省
xìn dé shěng

Sindh province of Pakistan

俾路支省
bǐ lù zhī shěng

Balochistan (Pakistan)

俭省
jiǎn shěng

thrifty

内省
nèi xǐng

to reflect upon oneself

内省性
nèi xǐng xìng

introversion

全省
quán shěng

the whole province

副省级
fù shěng jí

sub-provincial (not provincial status, but independent)

副省级城市
fù shěng jí chéng shì

subprovincial city (having independent economic status within a province)

加兹尼省
jiā zī ní shěng

Ghazni or Ghaznah province of Afghanistan

厚生劳动省
hòu shēng láo dòng shěng

Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (Japan)

厚生省
hòu shēng shěng

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])

坎大哈省
kǎn dà hā shěng

Kandahar province of Afghanistan

外务省
wài wù shěng

foreign ministry (e.g. of Japan or Korea)

安大略省
ān dà lüe4 shěng

Ontario province, Canada

安徽省
ān huī shěng

Anhui Province, short name 皖[wǎn], capital Hefei 合肥[hé féi]

宁夏省
níng xià shěng

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]

山东省
shān dōng shěng

Shandong, province in northeast China, short name 魯|鲁[lǔ], capital Jinan 濟南|济南[jǐ nán]

巴格兰省
bā gé lán shěng

Baghlan province of north Afghanistan

广东省
guǎng dōng shěng

Guangdong Province (Kwangtung) in south China, short name 粵|粤[yuè], capital Guangzhou 廣州|广州[guǎng zhōu]

广西省
guǎng xī shěng

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]

文部省
wén bù shěng

Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Japan), ceased to exist in 2001 when it was merged with another ministry

旁遮普省
páng zhē pǔ shěng

Punjab province of Pakistan

昏定晨省
hūn dìng chén xǐng

seeing to bed in the evening and visiting in the morning (ancient filial duty)

晨昏定省
chén hūn dìng xǐng

morning and evening visits to parents

本省人
běn shěng rén

people of this province

东三省
dōng sān shěng

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]

楠格哈尔省
nán gé hā ěr shěng

Nangarhar province of Afghanistan

归省
guī xǐng

to go home for a visit; to return to one's parents' home to pay respects

江南省
jiāng nán shěng

name of Qing dynasty province covering south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces, with capital at Nanjing

河北省
hé běi shěng

Hebei Province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀[jì], capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[shí jiā zhuāng]

猛省
měng xǐng

to realize suddenly

玉红省
yù hóng shěng

rubicene (chemistry)

瓦尔达克省
wǎ ěr dá kè shěng

Wardak (Afghan province)

产粮大省
chǎn liáng dà shěng

major agricultural province

发人深省
fā rén shēn xǐng

to provide food for thought (idiom)

省份
shěng fèn

province

省便
shěng biàn

convenient

省俭
shěng jiǎn

frugal

省力
shěng lì

to save labor

省劲
shěng jìn

to save labor

省却
shěng què

to save

省去
shěng qù

to omit

省吃俭用
shěng chī jiǎn yòng

to live frugally

省垣
shěng yuán

a provincial capital

省城
shěng chéng

provincial capital

省委
shěng wěi

provincial Party committee

省字号
shěng zì hào

an apostrophe (punct.)

省察
xǐng chá

to examine

省市
shěng shì

provinces and cities

省得
shěng de

to avoid

省心
shěng xīn

to cause no trouble

省悟
xǐng wù

to wake up to reality

省油的灯
shěng yóu de dēng

sb who is easy to deal with

省治
shěng zhì

a provincial capital

省界
shěng jiè

provincial boundary

省略
shěng lüe4

to leave out

省略符号
shěng lüe4 fú hào

apostrophe

省略号
shěng lüe4 hào

ellipsis (punct.)

省直管县
shěng zhí guǎn xiàn

direct management of a county by the province (PRC administrative reform)

省省吧
shěng sheng ba

(coll.) Don't waste your breath.

省级
shěng jí

(administrative) province-level

省视
xǐng shì

to call upon

省亲
xǐng qīn

to visit one's parents

省辖市
shěng xiá shì

provincial city

省长
shěng zhǎng

governor of a province

省电
shěng diàn

to save electricity

省音
shěng yīn

(linguistics) elision

福建省
fú jiàn shěng

Fujian province (Fukien) in Taiwan

简省
jiǎn shěng

to simplify

绥远省
suí yuǎn shěng

former Suiyuan province in Inner Mongolia and Shanxi

缺省
quē shěng

default (setting)

自省
zì xǐng

to examine oneself

台湾省
tái wān shěng

Taiwan province (PRC term)

万博省
wàn bó shěng

Huambo province of Angola

西康省
xī kāng shěng

western Kham

赫拉特省
hè lā tè shěng

Herat province of Afghanistan

跨省
kuà shěng

interprovincial; multiprovincial

轻省
qīng sheng

relaxed

农林水产省
nóng lín shuǐ chǎn shěng

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)

辽宁省
liáo níng shěng

Liaoning province in northeast China, short name 遼|辽[liáo], capital Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳[shěn yáng]

陈省身
chén xǐng shēn

Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004), Chinese-American mathematician

麻省理工学院
má shěng lǐ gōng xué yuàn

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

省略
shěng lvè

to leave out