(shěng) — to save, to economize; to omit, to leave out

Definição

省 (shěng) is an everyday verb covering both 'to save/economize' and 'to omit/leave out'. For saving money or effort, 节省 is more emphatic; for deleting text, 删 or 删除 is clearer than the 'omit' sense of 省.

verb
to saveto economizeto omitto leave out

Exemplos

  • Zhè ge yuè wǒ yào shěng yì diǎn qián.
    I want to save a little money this month.
  • Zuò huǒ chē bǐ zuò fēi jī shěng hěn duō qián.
    Taking the train saves a lot of money compared to flying.
  • Xiě zuò wén shí, zhè ge lì zi kě yǐ shěng diào.
    When writing an essay, this example can be omitted.

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