(shěng) - to save, to economise, to omit in Mandarin
shěngTraditional: 省
Translation
to save, to economise, to omit
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Examples
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Taking the metro saves time.
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He is good at saving money.
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省 (shěng) as a verb means to save or economise, most often with 钱 (money) or 时间 (time). 省 is also the word for a Chinese province, pronounced shěng too, which is a separate noun sense. This page covers the verb the HSK tests.
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