省吃俭用 Chinese English dictionary 省吃俭用 translate 省吃俭用 pinyin

省吃俭用

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
省吃俭用 shěngchījiǎnyòng	省吃俭用 \| 省吃俭用* \| *省吃俭用	(idiom) to live frugally	省吃儉用

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
省	省 \| 省* \| *省	9画目 + 4	shěng, xiǎn, xǐng	province; save, economize	saang2	9060.2 FHBU


吃	吃 \| 吃* \| *吃	6画口 + 3	chī, jī	eat; drink; suffer, endure, bear	hek3	6801.7 RON


俭	俭 \| 俭* \| *俭	9画人亻 + 7	jiǎn	temperate, frugal, economical	gim6	儉 2821 OOMM


用	用 \| 用* \| *用	5画用 + 0	yòng	use, employ, apply, operate; use	jung6	7722.0 BQ

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
省吃俭用 shěngchījiǎnyòng	省吃俭用 \| 省吃俭用* \| *省吃俭用	(idiom) to live frugally


省 shěng	省 \| 省* \| *省	to save; to economize; to be frugal / to omit; to delete; to leave out / province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government)


省 xǐng	省 \| 省* \| *省	(bound form) to scrutinize / (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct) / (bound form) to come to realize / (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)


吃　chī	吃 \| 吃* \| *吃	to eat; to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate; to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)


吃　chī	吃 \| 吃* \| *吃	variant of 吃


俭　　jiǎn	俭 \| 俭* \| *俭	(bound form) frugal; thrifty


俭用　　jiǎnyòng	俭用 \| 俭用* \| *俭用	to economize; to be frugal


用　　　yòng	用 \| 用* \| *用	to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using / to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness; utility / (bound form) expense; outlay / (courteous) to eat; to drink / (literary) hence; therefore