省 saang² {shěng}

(slang) 1. Beautiful; 2. Stunning; (slang) (Usually in passive voice) being criticized; being rebuked 1. (verb) 1. to polish; 2. to clean

省 saang² {shěng}

1. to save
2. to economize
3. to do without
4. to omit
5. to leave out
6. province
7. CL: 個

省 saang² {xǐng}

1. to inspect
2. to examine
3. to be aware
4. to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)

省鏡〔-镜〕 saang² geng³ {shěng jìng}

(adjective) beautiful; pretty; stunning

省文 saang² man⁴ {shěng wén}

(noun) concise expression; short expression

省市 saang² si⁵ {shěng shì}

Provinces and cities

省便 saang² bin⁶ {shěng biàn}

convenient

省錢〔-钱〕 saang² cin² {shěng qián}

to save money

省稱〔-称〕 saang² cing¹ {shěng chēng}

abbreviation

省得 saang² dak¹ {shěng de}

1. to avoid
2. so as to save (money or time)

省電〔-电〕 saang² din⁶ {shěng diàn}

to save electricity

省份 saang² fan⁶ {shěng fèn}

province

省界 saang² gaai³ {shěng jiè}

1. provincial boundaries
2. provincial boundary

省儉〔-俭〕 saang² gim⁶ {shěng jiǎn}

1. frugal
2. economic
3. to scrimp and save

省勁〔-劲〕 saang² ging⁶ {shěng jìn}

1. to save labor
2. to save effort

省去 saang² heoi³ {shěng qù}

1. to omit
2. to dispense with
3. to make unnecesary
4. to save (time, trouble etc)

省級〔-级〕 saang² kap¹ {shěng jí}

(administrative) province-level

省卻〔-却〕 saang² koek³ {shěng què}

1. to save
2. to get rid of (so saving space)

省力 saang² lik⁶ {shěng lì}

1. to save labor
2. to save effort

省略 saang² loek⁶ {shěng lüè}

1. to leave out
2. an omission

省心 saang² sam¹ {shěng xīn}

1. to cause no trouble
2. to be spared worry
3. worry-free

省城 saang² seng⁴ {shěng chéng}

provincial capital

省事 saang² si⁶ {shěng shì}

1. to simplify matters
2. to save trouble

省事 saang² si⁶ {xǐng shì}

to handle administrative work

省委 saang² wai² {shěng wěi}

provincial Party committee

省會〔-会〕 saang² wui⁶ {shěng huì}

provincial capital

省垣 saang² wun⁴ {shěng yuán}

a provincial capital

省治 saang² zi⁶ {shěng zhì}

a provincial capital

省長〔-长〕 saang² zoeng² {shěng zhǎng}

governor of a province

省察 sing² caat³ {xǐng chá}

1. to examine
2. to cast a critical eye over (especially in the context of introspection)

省親〔-亲〕 sing² can¹ {xǐng qīn}

to visit one's parents

省悟 sing² ng⁶ {xǐng wù}

1. to wake up to reality
2. to come to oneself
3. to realize
4. to see the truth

省視〔-视〕 sing² si⁶ {xǐng shì}

1. to call upon
2. to inspect

省城話〔--话〕 saang² seng⁴ waa² {shěng chéng huà}

Cantonese

省政府 saang² zing³ fu² {shěng zhèng fǔ}

provincial government

省轄市〔-辖-〕 saang² hat⁶ si⁵ {shěng xiá shì}

provincial city

省略號〔--号〕 saang² loek⁶ hou⁶ {shěng lüè hào}

the ellipsis …… (punct., consisting of six dots)

省字號〔--号〕 saang² zi⁶ hou⁶ {shěng zì hào}

an apostrophe (punct.)

省港旗兵 saang² gong² kei⁴ bing¹ {shěng gǎng qí bīng}

robbers from Mainland China who robs in Hong Kong (slang)

省吃儉用〔--俭-〕 saang² hek³ gim⁶ jung⁶ {shěng chī jiǎn yòng}

1. to live frugally
2. to economize on food and clothing
3. to scrimp and save

省油的燈〔---灯〕 saang² jau⁴ dik¹ dang¹ {shěng yóu de dēng}

sb who is easy to deal with

省略符號〔---号〕 saang² loek⁶ fu⁴ hou⁶ {shěng lüè fú hào}

apostrophe

省直管縣〔---县〕 saang² zik⁶ gun² jyun⁶ {shěng zhí guǎn xiàn}

county directly governed by province (usu. as emergency arrangement)

省到立立令 saang² dou³ laap³ laap³ ling³ {shěng dào lì lì lìng}

(slang) to burnish or polish and make shiny; (Figurative meaning) being blamed, reproached or condemned (variant of 㨘到立立呤)