省 (shěng): to save

Mom kept track of expenses every day and saved on unnecessary spending, and after a year she finally had enough money for a trip to Europe.

To save time, he rides a shared bike to the subway station every day instead of waiting for crowded buses.

The teacher suggested that we omit those repetitive sentences when writing essays, so that the writing would be more concise and powerful.

Paying by mobile phone saves the trouble of giving change, so now even vendors in the vegetable market recommend scanning the code.

He donated the pocket money he had saved to a mountain-area elementary school, hoping to help those children buy new books.