省

省 U+7701, 省 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7701 ← 眀 [U+7700] CJK Unified Ideographs 眂 → [U+7702]

省 U+F96D, 省 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F96D ← 塞 [U+F96C] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 葉 → [U+F96E]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

省 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 火竹月山 (FHBU), four-corner 9060₂, composition ⿱少目)

Derived characters

• 偗, 㗂, 㨘, 渻, 㮐, 㼳, 䚇, 箵, 㾪

Additional Derived Characters

• 𰊄, 𡞞, 𭖶, 𢜫, 𪻻, 𫆦, 𪾱, 𦔄, 𧍖, 𫍂, 𨲓, 𨩠, 𪱐, 𩩭
• 𨜜, 𰥟, 𫵆, 𬥇, 𡨽, 𦳗, 𣦉, 𨵥, 𠞔

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 802, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23179
• Dae Jaweon: page 1218, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2473, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7701

• Unihan data for U+F96D

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 省
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (省) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
省	*sreŋʔ, *sleŋʔ
渻	*saːl, *sreŋʔ, *seŋʔ
箵	*sleːŋʔ

Originally 眚. In oracle bone script, an phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sreŋʔ, *sleŋʔ): phonetic 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs) + 目 (“eye”) – "to inspect". In Shuowen Jiezi, 眚 and 省 became separate characters. 生 corrupted over time into 少.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		省
alternative forms		𥅱 𥄾 眚 䁞 𡮀 𥅱 𥄾 眚 䁞 𡮀 𡨽

verb senses

Related to 㾪 (MC srjaengX, “thin; skinny”) (Wang, 1982).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shěng (sheng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сын (sɨn, II)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): saang²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): sang²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sén / sáng

  (Hailu, HRS): sen^ˊ / sang^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sên³ / sang³

• Jin (Wiktionary): seng²
• Eastern Min (BUC): sēng / sāng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sa³ / sann³ / seng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): séng / séⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sên²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shěng
    • Wade–Giles: shêng³
    • Yale: shěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheeng
    • Palladius: шэн (šɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ²¹⁴/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сын (sɨn, II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /səŋ⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: saang²
    • Yale: sáang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: sang²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sén / sáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: sen^ˋ / sang^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sen³ / sang³
    • Sinological IPA: /sen³¹/, /saŋ³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: sen^ˊ / sang^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /sen²⁴/, /saŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sên³ / sang³
    • Sinological IPA: /sɛn³¹/, /saŋ³¹/

Note:

• sén/senˊ - “province”;
• sáng/sangˊ - “to save”.

• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: seng²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /səŋ⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sēng / sāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛiŋ³³/, /saŋ³³/
Note:
• sēng - literary (“province; to reduce”);
• sāng - vernacular (“to save; to reduce”).
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sa³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sâⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬa⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sann³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬã³³²/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: seng³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɛŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: seng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɛŋ³³²/
Note:
• sa3/sann3 - vernacular;
• seng3 - literary.
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séng
    • Tâi-lô: síng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seang
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /siɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sénn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃⁵³/
Note:
• Zhangzhou:
  • séng - literary;
  • séⁿ - vernacular.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sên²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: séⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵san
    • MiniDict: san^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²san
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sã³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: srjaengX

Rime
Character	省
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所景切
Baxter	srjaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠiæŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚiaŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiaŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂiajŋX/
Li Rong	/ʃiɐŋX/
Wang Li	/ʃĭɐŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂi̯ɐŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shěng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sang2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sreŋʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	省
Reading #	1/2
No.	11384
Phonetic component	省
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	省
Old Chinese	/*sreŋʔ/
Notes	甲金文生省聲

Definitions

省

1. to omit; to leave out
2. to reduce; to simplify

   • 船：舟也。从舟，鉛省聲。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     船：舟也。从舟，铅省声。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2^nd century CE

     Chuán: zhōu yě. Cóng zhōu, qiān shěng shēng. [Pinyin]

     船 (chuán): boat. From 舟 (zhōu), and a reduced form of 鉛 / 铅 used as the phonetic component.

3. (colloquial, by extension) to have less strange, potentially genius but generally lousy ideas for the sake of others to save worry

   你還是省省吧。 [MSC, trad.]
   你还是省省吧。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ háishì shěng shěng ba. [Pinyin]

   You'd better give it up.

4. to save; to economize

   省電／省电  ―  shěngdiàn  ―  to conserve electricity

   省錢／省钱  ―  shěngqián  ―  to save money

5. (literary) palace

   • 禁中者，門戶有禁，非侍禦者不得入，故曰禁中。孝元皇后父大司馬陽平侯名禁，當時避之，故曰省中。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     禁中者，门户有禁，非侍御者不得入，故曰禁中。孝元皇后父大司马阳平侯名禁，当时避之，故曰省中。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 2^nd century, Cai Yong, 《獨斷》

     Jìnzhōng zhě, ménhù yǒu jìn, fēi shìyù zhě bùdé rù, gù yuē jìnzhōng. Xiàoyuán Huánghòu fù dàsīmǎ Yángpíng Hóu míng Jìn, dāngshí bì zhī, gù yuē shěngzhōng. [Pinyin]

     As for the Restricted Central Area [of the Imperial Palace] (禁中 jìnzhōng): those who were not [imperial] servants might not enter the restricted gateways, hence it was called the Restricted Central Area [of the Imperial Palace] (禁中 jìnzhōng). Empress Xiaoyuan's father - the Grand Marshal and Marquis of Yinping - was named Jìn (禁), so people at that time avoided that and said Palace’s Central Area.

   • 中官統領禁省，漢家故事。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     中官统领禁省，汉家故事。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Zhōngguān tǒnglǐng jìnshěng, Hànjiā gùshì. [Pinyin]

     That eunuchs manage the restricted palaces is a Han dynasty's old practice.

6. (historical, by extension) department (of a government)

   中書省／中书省  ―  Zhōngshūshěng  ―  the Central Secretariat

   • 尚書、門下、中書、秘書、殿中、內侍為六省。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     尚书、门下、中书、秘书、殿中、内侍为六省。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Old Book of Tang, 945 CE

     Shàngshū, Ménxià, Zhōngshū, Mìshū, Diànzhōng, Nèishì wéi liù shěng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   1. ministry of the Japanese or North Korean government

      外務省／外务省  ―  wàiwùshěng  ―  Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

      社會安全省／社会安全省  ―  shèhuì ānquán shěng  ―  Ministry of Social Security

7. province; (originally) short for 行省 (xíngshěng) (Classifier: 個／个 m c)

   福建省  ―  Fújiàn Shěng  ―  Fujian Province

8. provincial capital
   1. (chiefly Guangdong, especially) Guangzhou

      省港澳  ―  Shěng-Gǎng-Ào  ―  Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Macau

9. a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 省 (“to save; to economize”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		省
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	省
	Singapore	省
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	省
Cantonese	Guangzhou	慳
	Hong Kong	慳
	Taishan	慳
	Singapore (Guangfu)	慳
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	慳
Hakka	Meixian	省
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	慳
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	省
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	省
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	省
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	省
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	省
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	省
	Hong Kong	省
Southern Min	Taipei	省 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	省
	Singapore (Hokkien)	省, 儉
	Manila (Hokkien)	省
	Chaozhou	儉
	Shantou	儉, 省
	Jieyang	儉
	Haifeng	儉
	Singapore (Teochew)	儉
	Pontianak (Teochew)	儉
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Dialectal synonyms of 廣州 (“Guangzhou”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		廣州, 穗 short
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	廣州
	Singapore	廣州
Cantonese	Guangzhou	廣州, 廣府, 省城, 省
	Hong Kong	廣州, 省城, 大圈 slang
	Taishan	廣州, 省城
	Kaiping (Chikan)	省
	Dongguan	廣州, 省城
	Singapore (Guangfu)	廣州
Hakka	Meixian	廣州
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	省
Southern Min	Xiamen	廣州
	Quanzhou	廣州
	Zhangzhou	廣州
	Penang (Hokkien)	廣州
	Singapore (Hokkien)	廣州
	Shantou	廣州, 省城
	Leizhou	廣州

Usage notes

• Historically used as a suffix for many foreign major administrative divisions (states of the US, etc.), such usage is now generally obsolete (outside of fossilized instances like 麻省 (“Massachusetts”)) and replaced with 州 (zhōu, “state”).

Compounds

• 三省
• 中書省 / 中书省 (Zhōngshūshěng)
• 儉省 / 俭省 (jiǎnshěng)
• 內省 / 内省
• 凍省 / 冻省 (dòng shěng)
• 刪省 / 删省
• 到省
• 副省級 / 副省级 (fùshěngjí)
• 北省
• 南省
• 各省
• 外省 (wàishěng)
• 多一事不如省一事
• 宮省 / 宫省
• 寬刑省法 / 宽刑省法
• 尚書省 / 尚书省
• 掖省
• 撙省
• 本省 (běnshěng)
• 東三省 / 东三省 (Dōngsānshěng)
• 清心省事
• 減省 / 减省 (jiǎnshěng)
• 畫省 / 画省
• 省下
• 省中 (shěngzhōng)
• 省主席
• 省事
• 省令
• 省份 (shěngfèn)
• 省便
• 省儉 / 省俭 (shěngjiǎn)
• 省元
• 省分 (shěngfèn)
• 省刑薄斂 / 省刑薄敛
• 省力 (shěnglì)
• 省卻 / 省却 (shěngquè)
• 省可
• 省可裡 / 省可里
• 省喙
• 省喫儉用 / 省吃俭用 (shěngchījiǎnyòng)
• 省城 (shěngchéng)
• 省垣
• 省家 (shěngjiā)
• 省工
• 省府 (shěngfǔ)
• 省形
• 省得 (shěngde)
• 省心 (shěngxīn)
• 省慾去奢 / 省欲去奢
• 省政
• 省政府 (shěngzhèngfǔ)
• 省政建設 / 省政建设
• 省時 / 省时
• 省會 / 省会 (shěnghuì)
• 省治 (shěngzhì)
• 省油燈 / 省油灯
• 省油的燈 / 省油的灯 (shěngyóu de dēng)
• 省減 / 省减
• 省港大罷工 / 省港大罢工 (Shěng-Gǎng Dàbàgōng)
• 省煤器
• 省煩從簡 / 省烦从简
• 省用足財 / 省用足财
• 省略 (shěnglüè)
• 省略號 / 省略号 (shěnglüèhào)
• 省視學 / 省视学
• 省立 (shěnglì)
• 省籍 (shěngjí)
• 省聲 / 省声
• 省議會 / 省议会
• 省轄市 / 省辖市 (shěngxiáshì)
• 省農科院 / 省农科院 (Shěngnóngkēyuàn)
• 省道 (shěngdào)
• 省錢 / 省钱 (shěngqián)
• 省長 / 省长 (shěngzhǎng)
• 省陌
• 祕書省 / 秘书省
• 禁省 (jìnshěng)
• 節省 / 节省 (jiéshěng)
• 精省 (jīng shěng)
• 腹省
• 臺省 / 台省
• 行省 (xíngshěng)
• 輕省 / 轻省
• 門下省 / 门下省 (Ménxiàshěng)
• 麻省 (Máshěng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (省):

• → Japanese: 省(しょう) (shō)
• → Korean: 성(省) (seong)
• → Vietnamese: tỉnh (省)

Others:

• → Bouyei: senj
• → Lü: ᦵᦌᦲᧃ (soen)
• → Zhuang: sengj

See also

• 縣／县 (xiàn, “Japanese prefecture”)
• 州 (zhōu, “state”)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		省
alternative forms		𥅱 𥄾 眚 䁞 𡮀 𥅱 𥄾 眚 䁞 𡮀 𡨽

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐng (xing³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sing²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhen²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): siáng

  (Hailu, HRS): siang^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sên³

• Eastern Min (BUC): sīng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): séng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sên²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐng
    • Wade–Giles: hsing³
    • Yale: syǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiing
    • Palladius: син (sin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: sing²
    • Yale: síng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬen⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiang^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiang³
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯aŋ³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: siang^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /siaŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sên³
    • Sinological IPA: /sɛn³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sīng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sing³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séng
    • Tâi-lô: síng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sên²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: séⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shin
    • MiniDict: shin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕin³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sjengX

Rime
Character	省
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息井切
Baxter	sjengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/siæŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siajŋX/
Li Rong	/siɛŋX/
Wang Li	/sĭɛŋX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ɛŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]eŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sleŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	省
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xǐng
Middle Chinese	‹ sjengX ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]eŋʔ/
English	inspect
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	省
Reading #	2/2
No.	11386
Phonetic component	省
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	省
Old Chinese	/*sleŋʔ/

Definitions

省

1. to examine; to inspect
2. to greet; to visit
3. to understand; to comprehend

Compounds

• 三省
• 不省
• 不省事
• 不省人事 (bùxǐngrénshì)
• 不省得
• 不記省 / 不记省
• 人事不省
• 修省
• 內省 / 内省
• 內省不疚 / 内省不疚
• 反省 (fǎnxǐng)
• 反躬自省 (fǎngōngzìxǐng)
• 存省
• 定省
• 思省
• 提省
• 日省月試 / 日省月试
• 日省月課 / 日省月课
• 昏定晨省
• 晨參暮省 / 晨参暮省
• 晨昏定省
• 未省
• 歸省 / 归省
• 深省 (shēnxǐng)
• 猛省 (měngxǐng)
• 發人深省 / 发人深省 (fārénshēnxǐng)
• 省事
• 省俗觀風 / 省俗观风
• 省問 / 省问
• 省墓 (xǐngmù)
• 省察 (xǐngchá)
• 省得 (shěngde)
• 省思 (xǐngsī)
• 省悟 (xǐngwù)
• 省戒
• 省方觀俗 / 省方观俗
• 省方觀民 / 省方观民
• 省視 / 省视 (xǐngshì)
• 省見 / 省见
• 省親 / 省亲 (xǐngqīn)
• 省記 / 省记
• 省諭 / 省谕
• 省識 / 省识
• 省風 / 省风
• 臨危自省 / 临危自省
• 自我反省 (zìwǒ fǎnxǐng)
• 自省 (zìxǐng)
• 觀省 / 观省
• 記省 / 记省
• 豁然省悟
• 責躬省過 / 责躬省过
• 返躬內省 / 返躬内省
• 退省 (tuìxǐng)

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		省

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siáⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sviar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siã⁵³/

Definitions

省

1. (Hokkien) alternative form of 啥 (siáⁿ, “what”)
   • 1914, 《最新父子狀元歌下本》‎, 厦門 [Amoy]: 會文堂:

     我今出府等接伊　太院先生到府邊　就問大人得省病　李氏夫人就應伊 [Hokkien, trad.]
     我今出府等接伊　太院先生到府边　就问大人得省病　李氏夫人就应伊 [Hokkien, simp.]

     góa taⁿ chhut-hú tán-chih i, thài-īⁿ sian-siⁿ kàu hú piⁿ, chiū mn̄g tāi-jîn tit siáⁿ pīⁿ, Lí--sī hu-jîn chiū ìn i [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1987, “內山姑娘要出嫁”, 謝麗燕 (lyrics)‎performed by 葉啟田 [Yeh Chi-tien]:

     並無來對阮講出到底省原因 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     并无来对阮讲出到底省原因 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     pēng bô lâi tùi góa kóng-chhut tàu-té siáⁿ goân-in [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• (Cantonese)
  • “省”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• (Hakka)
  • “Entry #14317”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
  • “Entry #14426”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
  • “Entry #16275”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
• (Hokkien)
  • The template Template:R:nan-hbl:Campbell does not use the parameter(s):

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    Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.William Campbell (1913), A dictionary of the Amoy vernacular spoken throughout the prefectures of Chin-Chiu, Chiang-Chiu and Formosa (in Hokkien), 8th edition, Tainan: Taiwan Church Press, published 1961, →OCLC.
  • 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “省”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
  • 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “省”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
  • “省”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• (Puxian Min)
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “省”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 209.