省得

Chinese

		comprehend; introspect; visit comprehend; introspect; visit; frugal; save; to omit; to leave out; to save (money); province	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
simp. and trad. (省得)		省	得

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shěngde

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˇ ˙ㄉㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang² dak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shěngde
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˇ ˙ㄉㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shěngde̊
    • Wade–Giles: shêng³-tê⁵
    • Yale: shěng-de
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheeng.de
    • Palladius: шэндэ (šɛndɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang² dak¹
    • Yale: sáang dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang² dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang² deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ³⁵ tɐk̚⁵/

Conjunction

省得

1. so as to save; so as to avoid

Synonyms

• 以免 (yǐmiǎn)
• 免得 (miǎnde)