shěng

to save; to economize; to be frugal

to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government)

Eye (目) + [sound: shǎo] (少) = watch carefully to save and omit

目 grounds the meaning: a watchful eye scanning for what can be cut or spared. 少 mainly lends the approximate sound shěng rather than its meaning of 'few.'

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少开车可以很多钱。

shǎo kāi chē kě yǐ shěng hěn duō qián。

Driving less can save a lot of money.

他住在广东,离家乡很远。

tā zhù zài guǎng dōng shěng,lí jiā xiāng hěn yuǎn。

He lives in Guangdong Province, very far from his hometown.

Words with 省

辽宁省

liáo níng shěng

Liaoning Province, capital Shenyang 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4] (abbr. to 遼|辽[Liao2])

陕西省

shǎn xī shěng

Shaanxi Province, capital Xi'an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4] (abbr. to 陝|陕[Shan3] or 秦[Qin2])

陈省身

chén xǐng shēn

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

云南省

yún nán shěng

Yunnan Province, capital Kunming 昆明市[Kun1 ming2 Shi4] (abbr. to 雲|云[Yun2] or 滇[Dian1])

青海省

qīng hǎi shěng

Qinghai Province, capital Xining 西寧市|西宁市[Xi1 ning2 Shi4] (abbr. to 青[Qing1])

麻省理工学院

má shěng lǐ gōng xué yuàn

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

黑龙江省

hēi lóng jiāng shěng

Heilongjiang Province, capital Harbin 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4] (abbr. to 黑[Hei1])

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

俭省

jiǎn shěng

thrifty; economical; sparing

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