省力

Chinese

		comprehend; introspect; visit comprehend; introspect; visit; frugal; save; to omit; to leave out; to save (money); province	power; force; strength
simp. and trad. (省力)		省	力

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shěnglì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˇ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saang² lik⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): séng-la̍t / séⁿ-la̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shěnglì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˇ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shěnglì
    • Wade–Giles: shêng³-li⁴
    • Yale: shěng-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheenglih
    • Palladius: шэнли (šɛnli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saang² lik⁶
    • Yale: sáang lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saang² lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sang² lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ³⁵ lɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séng-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: síng-la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sefnglat
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lat̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séⁿ-la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: sénn-la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sveflat

Verb

省力

1. to save labour; to save effort

   既省料，也省力 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   jì shěngliào, yě shěnglì [Pinyin]

   to save both material and labour

Synonyms

• 省勁／省劲 (shěngjìn)