省
钱

To save money in Chinese: 省钱 (shěng qián)

shěng qián

to save money

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 省錢1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to save money

Stroke order

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省
钱

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄥˇ

shěng

ㄕ/ shㄥ/ engˇ/ third tone

ㄑㄧㄢˊ

qián

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

省钱

Simplified

省錢

Traditional

Example sentences

See 省钱 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 为了省钱，她很少在外面吃饭。

    wèi le shěng qián， tā hěn shǎo zài wài miàn chī fàn。

    To save money, she rarely eats out.

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Related words

钱

qián

coin

省

shěng

to save

节省

jié shěng

saving

零钱

líng qián

change (of money)

省略

shěng lüè

to leave out

挣钱

zhèng qián

to make money

钱包

qián bāo

purse

价钱

jià qian

price

金钱

jīn qián

money

赚钱

zhuàn qián

to earn money

本钱

běn qián

capital

反省

fǎn xǐng

to reflect upon oneself

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