Chinese symbol for “province”
省份
shěng fèn
province
The closest CC-CEDICT match for province is 省份 (shěng fèn), defined as: province.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “province”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 行省 | xíng shěng | province (old) |
| 省 | shěng | to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out |
| 州 | zhōu | prefecture; (old) province |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 省份.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 全省 | quán shěng | the whole province |
| 省级 (省級) | shěng jí | (administrative) province-level |
| 节省 (節省) | jié shěng | saving; to save |
| 省委 | shěng wěi | provincial Party committee |
| 省长 (省長) | shěng zhǎng | governor of a province |
| 身份 | shēn fèn | identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以 (yǐ) + ... + 的 |
| 股份 | gǔ fèn | a share (in a company); stock |
| 月份 | yuè fèn | month |
See also: Japanese symbol for “province”.
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.