Chinese word dictionary

省却

shěng què · to save; to get rid of (so saving space)

Practice word

Word information

Simplified省却

Traditional省卻

Pinyinshěng què

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

省shěng

province; frugal; to save, to leave out

却què

still, but; decline; retreat

How to learn 省却

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省shěng

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

却què

but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though; old variant of 卻|却[que4]

省shěng

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

节省jiéshěng

saving; to save; to use sparingly; to cut down on

省shěng

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

省份shěngfèn

province