省略

shěnglüè

verb HSK 7-9 #18,374

Meanings

1 to leave out; to omit
2 an omission

Characters

to save; to omit

Examples

HSK 4

为了节省时间，我省略了一些细节。

Wèile jiéshěng shíjiān, wǒ shěnglüè le yīxiē xìjié.

To save time, I left out some details.

HSK 7-9

这个句子省略了主语。

Zhège jùzi shěnglüè le zhǔyǔ.

This sentence omits the subject.

Tips

usage

省略号 is the Chinese term for an ellipsis (……). In Chinese, it is written as six dots rather than three.

Stroke Order

省 shěng

略 lüè