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)

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.'

少+目→省
少FewPhonetic
目EyeSemantic

少开车可以省很多钱。

shǎo kāi chē kě yǐ shěng hěn duō qián。

Driving less can save a lot of money.

他住在广东省,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

内省

nèi xǐng

to reflect upon oneself

省力

shěng lì

to save labor

浙江省

zhè jiāng shěng

Zhejiang Province, capital Hangzhou 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 Shi4] (abbr. to 浙[Zhe4])

外务省

wài wù shěng

foreign ministry (e.g. of Japan or Korea)

青海省

qīng hǎi shěng

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

省事

shěng shì

to simplify matters; to save trouble

省事

xǐng shì

perceptive; understanding

海南省

hǎi nán shěng

Hainan Province, capital Haikou 海口市[Hai3 kou3 Shi4] (abbr. to 瓊|琼[Qiong2])

省钱

shěng qián

to save money

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])

全省

quán shěng

the whole province

辽宁省

liáo níng shěng

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

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