省 shěng / xǐng — frugal; save; to omit; to leave out; to save (money); province
坐地铁去比开车省时间。Zuò dì tiě qù bǐ kāi chē shěng shí jiān.Taking the subway saves more time than driving.
Common words: 节省 (jié shěng)、省略 (shěng lüè)、省会 (shěng huì)
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Chinese characters meaning "province"
Learn Chinese characters with the meaning "province", including 省 (shěng / xǐng), 州 (zhōu). Study pinyin, English meanings, traditional forms, common words…
How to Study This Meaning Group
The English word "province" covers 2 different Chinese characters — 省 (shěng / xǐng), 州 (zhōu) — and each is its own word with its own feel. These 2 characters do not share a sound — their readings span shěng, xǐng, zhōu — so confirm the pinyin and tone for each one separately. The example sentences further down show how 省 and the others are actually used, so you learn them in context rather than as a single translation.
- 省 shěng / xǐngfrugal; save; to omit; to leave out; to save (money); provinceUseful words: 节省, 省略
- 州 zhōu(United States) state; province; sub-prefectureUseful words: 州长, 知州
Common words for these 2 "province" characters
Anchor each of these 2 characters in a word you can picture — start with 省 (shěng / xǐng) — so "province" turns into concrete usage instead of a one-to-one translation.
节省jié shěngsaving; to save; to use sparingly; to cut down on省略shěng lüèto leave out; an omission省会shěng huìprovincial capital州长zhōu zhǎnggovernor (of a province or colony); (US) state governor; (Australian) state premier知州zhī zhōusenior provincial government official in dynastic China州立zhōu lìstate-run
See each character in a sentence
Each character below is shown in a short example sentence with pinyin and an English translation — the quickest way to feel the difference between the 2 ways to say "province".
州 zhōu — (United States) state; province; sub-prefecture
广州是中国南方的一座大城市。Guǎng zhōu shì Zhōng guó nán fāng de yí zuò dà chéng shì.Guangzhou is a big city in southern China.
Common words: 州长 (zhōu zhǎng)、知州 (zhī zhōu)、州立 (zhōu lì)
All 2 characters
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