| 省 | 366A25 22.41 | 部居  | 畫數 9 | ㄕㄥˇ [sheng3] (*ㄒㄧㄥˇ [xing3] ). | ||
| N. | (1) A province: 行省 ditto; 省政府 provincial government; 省長，省主席 provincial governor; 省治 [sheng3zhi4]↓; 省轄 under provincial administration; 省城，省會，省垣 [sheng3cheng2], [sheng3hui4], [sheng3yUan2]↓; 省議會 provincial assembly; 省議員 member of above; 省立 founded by provincial government. (2) Formerly, a department of government, as 中書省 (Tarng Dyn.) the cabinet. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To economize, save (time, money, trouble): 省得 [sheng3de0]↓; 省不少麻煩 save a lot of trouble; 省減 [sheng3jian3]1↓; 省略 [sheng3lUe4]↓; 省事 [sheng3shi4]↓; 省不下，省不了 cannot spare or go without; 省不了多少錢 does not save much expense; 省吃儉用 to save money on food and expenses. (2) (*[xing3]) To examine critically: 省察，省視 *[xing3cha2], *[xing3shi4]↓; 內省，反省，自省 to search oneself for mistakes; 三省吾身 (AC) examine myself three times a day. (3) (*[xing3]) To visit: 晨昏定省 attend to parents’ comfort on getting up and putting to bed; hence 省親 to visit parents and see how they are; 省墓，省墳 visit relative's grave. (4) To be conscious: 不省人事 become unconscious, in a state of coma. | |||||
| Adj. | Economical: 儉省 ditto. | |||||
| Words | 1. 省察 *[xing3cha2], v.t., to inspect, review for mistake (an administration), watch (person's conduct); to introspect. 2. 省城 [sheng3cheng2], n., provincial capital. 3. 省錢 [sheng3qian2], v.i., to save. 4. 省卻 [sheng3qUe4], v.t., to drop, omit (item), save (trouble, time). 5. 省得 [sheng3de0], v.i., be saved from (the trouble, expense). 6. 省分 [sheng3fen0], n., a province. 7. 省會 [sheng3hui4], (1) n., provincial capital; (2) (*[xing3hui4]) v.i. & t., to understand; v.i. &t., (MC) to give instructions. 8. 省減 [sheng2jian3]1, v.t., to reduce (expenses, work). 9. 省儉 [sheng2jian3]2, adj., economical in spending money. 10. 省治 [sheng3zhi4], adj., provincial capital. 11. 省力 [sheng3li4], v.i., save energy; adj. labor-saving. 12. 省略 [sheng3lUe4], (1) v.t., cut off; v.t., delete (passage); (2) adj., very brief. 13. 省下 [sheng3xia4], v.t., to save up (so much money, time). 14. 省心 [sheng3xin1], v.i., save a lot of bother. 15. 省事 [sheng3shi4], adj., (1) convenient, saving energy, trouble; (2) (*[xing3shi4]) knowing how to behave, tactful. 16. 省視 *[xing3shi4], v.t., to inspect (area, school, etc.). 17. 省悟 *[xing3wu4], v.i., to wake up, to realize (also wr. 醒悟). 18. 省油燈 [sheng3you2deng1], n., (slang) a man who causes the least trouble (“save-oil lamp”). 19. 省垣 [sheng3yUan2], n., provincial capital. | |||||