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9		ㄕㄥˇ [sheng3]  (*ㄒㄧㄥˇ [xing3] ).Homophone
A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect
N(1)  A province: 行省 ditto;
省政府 provincial government;
省長，省主席 provincial governor;
省治 [sheng3zhi4]↓;
省轄 under provincial administration;
省城，省會，省垣 [sheng3cheng2], [sheng3hui4], [sheng3yUan2]↓;
省議會 provincial assembly;
省議員 member of above;
省立 founded by provincial government.
(2)  Formerly, a department of government, as 中書省 (Tarng Dyn.) the cabinet.
V(1)  To economize, save (time, money, trouble): 省得 [sheng3de0]↓;
省不少麻煩 save a lot of trouble;
省減 [sheng3jian3]1↓;
省略 [sheng3lUe4]↓;
省事 [sheng3shi4]↓;
省不下，省不了 cannot spare or go without;
省不了多少錢 does not save much expense;
省吃儉用 to save money on food and expenses.
(2)  (*[xing3]) To examine critically: 省察，省視 *[xing3cha2], *[xing3shi4]↓;
內省，反省，自省 to search oneself for mistakes;
三省吾身 (AC) examine myself three times a day.
(3)  (*[xing3]) To visit: 晨昏定省 attend to parents’ comfort on getting up and putting to bed;
hence 省親 to visit parents and see how they are;
省墓，省墳 visit relative's grave.
(4)  To be conscious: 不省人事 become unconscious, in a state of coma.
AdjEconomical: 儉省 ditto.
Words1.省察 *[xing3cha2], v.t., to inspect, review for mistake (an administration), watch (person's conduct); to introspect. 
2.省城 [sheng3cheng2], n., provincial capital. 
3.省錢 [sheng3qian2], v.i., to save. 
4.省卻 [sheng3qUe4], v.t., to drop, omit (item), save (trouble, time). 
5.省得 [sheng3de0], v.i., be saved from (the trouble, expense). 
6.省分 [sheng3fen0], n., a province. 
7.省會 [sheng3hui4], (1)  n., provincial capital; (2)  (*[xing3hui4]) v.i. & t., to understand; v.i. &t., (MC) to give instructions. 
8.省減 [sheng2jian3]1, v.t., to reduce (expenses, work). 
9.省儉 [sheng2jian3]2, adj., economical in spending money. 
10.省治 [sheng3zhi4], adj., provincial capital. 
11.省力 [sheng3li4], v.i., save energy; adj. labor-saving. 
12.省略 [sheng3lUe4], (1)  v.t., cut off; v.t., delete (passage); (2)  adj., very brief. 
13.省下 [sheng3xia4], v.t., to save up (so much money, time). 
14.省心 [sheng3xin1], v.i., save a lot of bother. 
15.省事 [sheng3shi4], adj., (1)  convenient, saving energy, trouble; (2)  (*[xing3shi4]) knowing how to behave, tactful. 
16.省視 *[xing3shi4], v.t., to inspect (area, school, etc.). 
17.省悟 *[xing3wu4], v.i., to wake up, to realize (also wr. 醒悟). 
18.省油燈 [sheng3you2deng1], n., (slang) a man who causes the least trouble (“save-oil lamp”). 
19.省垣 [sheng3yUan2], n., provincial capital.