Chinese word

省

Pronunciation

Pinyinshěng

Meaning

  • nounprovince

Example

你是哪个省的人？nǐ shì nǎ ge shěng de rén

Which province are you from?

Illustration for 省 (province)

More examples

我来自本省。wǒ lái zì bén shěng

I come from this province.

Core concept

One larger thing becomes manageable by keeping only what is needed or by marking off a regional part.

Common phrases

  • 哪个省nǎ ge shěng

    which province

  • 省会shěng huì

    provincial capital

  • 本省bén shěng

    this province

Similar words

省份shěng fèn: A province considered as a geographic and political region of China.
地区dì qū: A region that includes a particular stretch of land and its people.
自治区zì zhì qū: A Chinese administrative area granted some self-government for a particular group or region.
市shì: A city-based administrative area with its own local government.

Definition in Chinese

用作动词表示节约、减少开支或省去某部分，也可作名词指省级行政区，语境决定其义。yòng zuò dòng cí biǎo shì jié yuē jián shǎo kāi zhī huò shěng qù mǒu bù fèn yě kě zuò míng cí zhǐ shěng jí xíng zhèng qū yǔ jìng jué dìng qí yì

Word origin

One path to the verb sense is inspecting something and removing what is not needed; the province sense comes from the historical term 行省 (xíngshěng, "regional government"), which was later shortened.

Usage tips

  • The words around this word show its job: a money or time word points to using less, while a place word points to a region.

Other meanings

  • saveverb
  • leave outverb

Related words

  • 节省jié shěngsaveverb
  • 省会shěng huìprovincial capitalnoun
  • 省长shéng zhǎngprovincial governornoun

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