省 – vocab dash

省shěng

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Meanings

1. to save; to economize; to be frugal

2. to omit; to delete; to leave out

3. province

4. provincial capital

5. a ministry (of the Japanese government)

Characters used

省province

Examples6

这zhè辆liàng车chē很hěn省shěng油yóu。

This car is very economical on gas.

台风táifēng的de破坏pòhuài跨越kuàyuè了le好hǎo几个jǐge省shěng。

The typhoon caused damage across several provinces.

荷兰Hélán分成fēnchéng十二shí'èr个gè省shěng。

The Netherlands is divided into twelve provinces.

你nǐ也yě不是bùshì省shěng油灯yóudēng。

You're no prize yourself.

西里西亚Xīlǐxīyà省shěng是shì波兰Bōlán人口稠密rénkǒuchóumì度dù最zuì大dà的de地区dìqū。

The Silesian Voivodeship is the most densely populated region of Poland.

我wǒ还hái记得jìde我wǒ第一次dìyīcì去qù中国Zhōngguó，我wǒ在zài山东Shāndōng，意识到yìshídào那个nàge单纯dānchún的de省shěng比bǐ英格兰Yīnggélán大dà两liǎng万wàn六liù千qiān平方公里píngfānggōnglǐ。

I still remember the first time I was in China; I was in Shandong, and I realised that that province alone is twenty six thousand square kilometres bigger than England.