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省

shěng

to save; to economize

A person saving water
Memory picture

Character

省 shěng

Strokes
9
Radical
目 — eye
Made of
少 few, little 目 eye
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 这样很省钱。 Zhèyàng hěn shěng qián. This saves a lot of money.
  • 我们省一点。 Wǒmen shěng yīdiǎn. Let us save a little.
  • 省水很重要。 Shěng shuǐ hěn zhòngyào. Saving water is very important.

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