省略

Chinese

		comprehend; introspect; visit comprehend; introspect; visit; frugal; save; to omit; to leave out; to save (money); province	plan; strategy; outline plan; strategy; outline; summary; slightly; rather; to rob; to plunder; to summarize
simp. and trad. (省略)		省	略

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shěnglüè

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˇ ㄌㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saang² loek⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): séng-lio̍k / séng-lia̍k / séⁿ-lia̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): sên² liag⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shěnglüè
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˇ ㄌㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shěnglyuè
  - Wade–Giles: shêng³-lüeh⁴
  - Yale: shěng-lywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheengliueh
  - Palladius: шэнлюэ (šɛnljue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ly̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saang² loek⁶
  - Yale: sáang leuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saang² loek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sang² lêg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːŋ³⁵ lœːk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séng-lio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: síng-lio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sefngliok
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɔk̚²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɔk̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séng-lia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: síng-lia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sefngliak
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liak̚¹²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liak̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: séⁿ-lia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: sénn-lia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svefliak
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liak̚¹²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sên² liag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: séⁿ lia̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sẽ⁵²⁻³⁵ liak̚⁴/

Verb

省略

to omit; to leave out
(grammar, rhetoric) to use ellipsis

Synonyms

(to omit):

edit

來塌 / 来塌 (lai² ta⁶) (Xiang)
漏 (lòu)
漏掉 (lòudiào)
漏脫 / 漏脱 (lòutuō)
脫漏 / 脱漏 (tuōlòu)
脫落 / 脱落 (tuōluò)
落 (Hokkien, Teochew)
落勾 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
遺漏 / 遗漏 (yílòu)
遺落 / 遗落 (yíluò)

Derived terms

省略符號 / 省略符号 (shěnglüè fúhào)
省略號 / 省略号 (shěnglüèhào)

Related terms

刪節／删节 (shānjié)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (省略):

→ Japanese: 省略(しょうりゃく) (shōryaku)
→ Korean: 생략(省略) (saengnyak)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
省	略
しょう Grade: 4	りゃく Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょーりゃく [shòóryákú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɾʲa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

省(しょう)略(りゃく) • (shōryaku)

Verb

省(しょう)略(りゃく)する • (shōryaku suru) suru (stem 省(しょう)略(りゃく)し (shōryaku shi), past 省(しょう)略(りゃく)した (shōryaku shita))

to omit, to delete
二字(にじ)を省略(しょうりゃく)する
niji o shōryakusuru
to omit two letters
to abbreviate, to shorten
国際連合(こくさいれんごう)を国連(こくれん)に省略(しょうりゃく)する
kokusairengō o kokuren ni shōryakusuru
to abbreviate Kokusairengō to Kokuren

Conjugation

Conjugation of "省略する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	省略し	しょうりゃくし	shōryaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	省略し	しょうりゃくし	shōryaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	省略する	しょうりゃくする	shōryaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	省略する	しょうりゃくする	shōryaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	省略すれ	しょうりゃくすれ	shōryaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	省略せよ¹ 省略しろ²	しょうりゃくせよ¹ しょうりゃくしろ²	shōryaku seyo¹ shōryaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	省略される	しょうりゃくされる	shōryaku sareru
Causative	省略させる省略さす	しょうりゃくさせるしょうりゃくさす	shōryaku saseru shōryaku sasu
Potential	省略できる	しょうりゃくできる	shōryaku dekiru
Volitional	省略しよう	しょうりゃくしよう	shōryaku shiyō
Negative	省略しない	しょうりゃくしない	shōryaku shinai
Negative continuative	省略せず	しょうりゃくせず	shōryaku sezu
Formal	省略します	しょうりゃくします	shōryaku shimasu
Perfective	省略した	しょうりゃくした	shōryaku shita
Conjunctive	省略して	しょうりゃくして	shōryaku shite
Hypothetical conditional	省略すれば	しょうりゃくすれば	shōryaku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

(to omit): 抜(ぬ)かす (nukasu)
(to abbreviate): 縮(ちぢ)める (chijimeru)

References

“省略”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026