节省 jiéshěng▶ guardar

Stroke order

节省 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

• 节 — 5 strokes
• 省 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. saving
2. to save
3. to use sparingly
4. to cut down on

Related words

• 省略elipsis
• 细节detalles
• 国庆节Día Nacional
• 省provincia
• 节sección, festival
• 情节trama

节省 is pronounced jiéshěng and means “guardar”. HSK 5 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 节省 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.