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HSK 3 · Increase & Decrease

节约

jié yuē

to save; to economize

Stroke order of 节约

2 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

节 · 5 strokes约 · 6 strokes

Memory trick

Bamboo joints (节) tied with thread (约 has 纟) save and limit use.

Parts: 节 section, economize; 约 纟thread + 勺 (bind, about)

The characters in 节约

  • 节 jié — festival; measure word for classes (5 strokes)
  • 约 yuē — to make an appointment; about (6 strokes)

Example sentence

我们要节约用电。

We should save electricity.

Words with 节

春节Spring Festival音节syllable节目programme; show节festival; measure word for classes节日festival; holiday季节season

Words with 约

大约approximately; about约to make an appointment; about

More words: Increase & Decrease

增加to increase增长to grow; growth上升to rise升to rise; to promote; liter加快to speed up加强to strengthen补充to add; to supplement补to make up for; to mend缺to lack缺少to lack; shortage失去to lose消失to disappear浪费to waste存to store; to deposit保存to keep; to save

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