• Pinyin: shěng
  English Definition: to save; to economize; to do without; to omit; to leave out; province; (archaic) central government department
  Chinese Definition:
  ①地方行政区域：省份。省会。
  ②节约，不费：省钱。省事。省吃俭用。
  ③简易，减免：省略。省称。省写。
  ④中国古官署名：中书省(ａ．魏晋开始设置，总管国家政务，历代有所沿革，唐初设“中书、尚书、门下”三省共管政事；b．元代“中书省”兼管“尚书省”的职权，权更重，成为中央最高的官署，称地方最高行政官署为“行中书省”，简称“省”，是现在“省”的来历)。尚书省。门下省。秘书省。
  ⑤古代称王宫禁地：省中。省闼(禁中)。
  Example Words:

  节省	jié shěng	saving; to save; to use sparingly; to cut down on	HSK 5
  省份	shěng fèn	province	HSK 4
  省城	shěng chéng	provincial capital
  省会	shěng huì	provincial capital	HSK 6
  省得	shěng de	to avoid; so as to save (money or time)	HSK 4

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• Pinyin: xǐng
  English Definition: to inspect; to examine; to be aware; to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)
  Chinese Definition:
  ①检查：反省(检查自己)。省察(考察)。吾日三省吾身。
  ②知觉，觉悟：省悟。发人深省。
  ③看望父母、尊亲：省亲。省视。
  Example Words:

  反省	fǎn xǐng	to reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself; to search one's soul
  发人深省	fā rén shēn xǐng	to provide food for thought (idiom); thought-provoking
  省悟	xǐng wù	to wake up to reality; to come to oneself; to realize; to see the truth
  不省人事	bù xǐng rén shì	to lose consciousness; unconscious; in a coma	HSK 5
  内省	nèi xǐng	to reflect upon oneself; introspection

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