省卻

Chinese

		comprehend; introspect; visit comprehend; introspect; visit; frugal; save; to omit; to leave out; to save (money); province	but; yet; however but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless
trad. (省卻)		省	卻
simp. (省却)		省	却

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shěngquè

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˇ ㄑㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang² koek³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): séng-khiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shěngquè
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˇ ㄑㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shěngcyuè
    • Wade–Giles: shêng³-chʻüeh⁴
    • Yale: shěng-chywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheengchiueh
    • Palladius: шэнцюэ (šɛncjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang² koek³
    • Yale: sáang keuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang² koek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang² kêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ³⁵ kʰœːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séng-khiok
    • Tâi-lô: síng-khiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sefngqiog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɔk̚³²/

Verb

省卻

1. to reduce; to decrease; to cut; to minimise
2. to save; to cut down

Synonyms

• (to reduce):

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• 削 (literary, or in compounds)
• 削減 / 削减 (xuējiǎn)
• 壓縮 / 压缩 (yāsuō)
• 損 / 损 (sǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 撤 (chè)
• 收縮 / 收缩 (shōusuō)
• 消減 / 消减 (xiāojiǎn)
• 減低 / 减低 (jiǎndī)
• 減削 / 减削 (jiǎnxuè)
• 減少 / 减少 (jiǎnshǎo)
• 減損 / 减损 (jiǎnsǔn)
• 減縮 / 减缩 (jiǎnsuō)
• 減輕 / 减轻 (jiǎnqīng)
• 砍 (kǎn)
• 緊縮 / 紧缩 (jǐnsuō)
• 縮減 / 缩减 (suōjiǎn)
• 耗
• 裁 (cái)
• 裁汰 (cáitài) (literary)
• 裁減 / 裁减 (cáijiǎn)
• 鐫汰 / 镌汰 (juāntài) (literary)
• 降低 (jiàngdī)