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Chinese symbol for “perceptive”

省事
xǐng shì
perceptive; understanding; (archaic) to handle administrative work

The closest CC-CEDICT match for perceptive is 省事 (xǐng shì), defined as: perceptive; understanding; (archaic) to handle administrative work.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

省 xǐng
province; frugal; to save, to leave out
radical 109 ⽬ · 9 strokes
事 shì
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
radical 6 ⼅ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “perceptive”

WordPinyinMeaning
机警 (機警)jī jǐngperceptive; astute
锐利 (銳利)ruì lìsharp; keen
乖觉 (乖覺)guāi juéperceptive; alert
锐敏 (銳敏)ruì mǐnacute; astute
耳聪目明 (耳聰目明)ěr cōng mù míngsharp ears and keen eyes (idiom); keen and alert

Related words

Other words that share a character with 省事.

WordPinyinMeaning
全省quán shěngthe whole province
省份shěng fènprovince
省级 (省級)shěng jí(administrative) province-level
节省 (節省)jié shěngsaving; to save
省委shěng wěiprovincial Party committee
省长 (省長)shěng zhǎnggovernor of a province
事件shì jiànincident; event
事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “perceptive”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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