Definition
省 (shěng) as a noun means 'province' — a major administrative division of a country, like China's provinces. It is different from 部 (bù, a ministry/department) and 州 (zhōu, a state or prefecture used in other countries). Note that 省 is also a verb meaning 'to save/omit' (HSK5), but this row is only for the noun sense.
noun
provinceprovincial capital
Easily confused
- 吵chǎolook-alike(verb) to quarrel; to argue
- 生shēngsound-aliketo give birth to
- 抄chāolook-aliketo copy, to transcribe; to plagiarize
- 生shēngsound-aliketo give birth; to be born
- 妙miàolook-alikeclever; wonderful; ingenious
- 声shēngsound-alike(noun) sound, voice, noise
- 剩shèngsound-aliketo be left; to remain
- 胜shèngsound-aliketo win; to defeat
- 升shēngsound-aliketo rise, to go up; to increase (temperature, prices, etc.)
- 升shēngsound-alike(classifier) liter (unit of volume)
Examples
- 省。Zhège shěng de jīngjì zhèngzài kuàisù fāzhǎn.This province's economy is developing rapidly.
- 省。shěng zhèngfǔ juédìng xiūjiàn yì tiáo xīn gāosù gōnglù.The provincial government decided to build a new expressway.
- 省。Zhōngguó de měi ge shěng dōu yǒu zìjǐ dútè de wénhuà.Every province in China has its own unique culture.
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