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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
shěng- to save; to economize; to be frugal
- to omit; to delete; to leave out
- province
- provincial capital
- a ministry (of the Japanese government)
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)
chī- to eat; to consume
- to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
- to eradicate; to destroy
- to absorb
- to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
chī- variant of 吃[chi1]
jiǎn- (bound form) frugal; thrifty
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