省吃儉用

Chinese

		comprehend; introspect; visit comprehend; introspect; visit; frugal; save; to omit; to leave out; to save (money); province	eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	frugal; to be in need	to use
trad. (省吃儉用/省喫儉用)		省	吃/喫	儉	用
simp. (省吃俭用)		省	吃	俭	用

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shěngchījiǎnyòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˇ ㄔ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang² hek³ gim⁶ jung⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): séng-chia̍h-khiām-iōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shěngchījiǎnyòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˇ ㄔ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shěngchihjiǎnyòng
    • Wade–Giles: shêng³-chʻih¹-chien³-yung⁴
    • Yale: shěng-chr̄-jyǎn-yùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheengchyjeanyonq
    • Palladius: шэнчицзяньюн (šɛnčiczjanʹjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ jʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang² hek³ gim⁶ jung⁶
    • Yale: sáang hek gihm yuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang² hek⁸ gim⁶ jung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang² hég³ gim⁶ yung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ³⁵ hɛːk̚³ kiːm²² jʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séng-chia̍h-khiām-iōng
    • Tâi-lô: síng-tsia̍h-khiām-iōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sefngciaqqiaxm'iong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰiam²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² kʰiam⁴¹⁻²² iɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kʰiam²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kʰiam³³⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kʰiam³³⁻²¹ iɔŋ³³/

Idiom

省吃儉用

1. to save money on food and daily expenses; to be thrifty