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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 省吃俭用
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 省吃俭用 | shěng chī jiǎn yòng | - to live frugally |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 37,203 | 34,687 | 28,638 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 省 | shěng | - 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 | - (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 | - to eat; to consume - to eat at (a cafeteria etc) - to eradicate; to destroy - to absorb - to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) |
| 吃 | chī | - variant of 吃[chi1] |
| 俭 | jiǎn | - (bound form) frugal; thrifty |
| 用 | yòng | - 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 |
Other Words Containing 省吃俭用
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 省吃俭用 | - | - | 37,203 | 34,687 | 28,638 |