(bound form) to scrutinize; (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct); (bound form) to come to realize; (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)

saving; to save; to use sparingly; to cut down on

to reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself; to search one's soul

thrifty; economical; sparing

the whole province

to reflect upon oneself; introspection

another province (relative to the local one)

to go home for a visit; to return to one's parents' home to pay respects

to realize suddenly; to suddenly recall

to simplify; to reduce to essentials; economical

default (setting)

to examine oneself; to reflect on one's shortcomings; introspection; self-awareness; self-criticism

province (old)

interprovincial; multiprovincial

relaxed; easy

Huambo province of Angola

the three provinces of Northeast China, namely: Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3], Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] and Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 Sheng3]

Töv Province (Töv Aimag) of Mongolia; Central Province (the name of provinces in various nations)

Yunnan Province, capital Kunming 昆明市[Kun1 ming2 Shi4] (short name 雲|云[Yun2] or 滇[Dian1])

Aceh province of Indonesia in northwest Sumatra

Sindh province of Pakistan

Ministry of Health and Welfare (Japan) (replaced in 2001 by 厚生勞動省|厚生劳动省[Hou4 sheng1 Lao2 dong4 sheng3])

Taiwan province (PRC term)

Jilin Province, capital Changchun 長春市|长春市[Chang2 chun1 Shi4] (short name 吉[Ji2])

Sichuan Province, capital Chengdu 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4] (short name 川[Chuan1] or 蜀[Shu3])

foreign ministry (e.g. of Japan or Korea)

former Ningxia province, now Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]

Anhui Province, capital Hefei 合肥市[He2 fei2 Shi4] (short name 皖[Wan3])

Shandong Province, capital Jinan 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 Shi4] (short name 魯|鲁[Lu3])

Shanxi Province, capital Taiyuan 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 Shi4] (short name 晉|晋[Jin4])

Guangdong Province, capital Guangzhou 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4] (short name 粵|粤[Yue4])

Guangxi Province, which in 1958 became Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1], capital Nanning 南寧|南宁[Nan2 ning2]

Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Japan), ceased to exist in 2001 when it was merged with another ministry

name of Qing dynasty province covering south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces, with capital at Nanjing

Jiangsu Province, capital Nanjing 南京市[Nan2 jing1 Shi4] (short name 蘇|苏[Su1])

Jiangxi Province, capital Nanchang 南昌市[Nan2 chang1 Shi4] (short name 灨|赣[Gan4])

Hebei Province, capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4] (short name 冀[Ji4])

Henan Province, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4] (short name 豫[Yu4])

Zhejiang Province, capital Hangzhou 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 Shi4] (short name 浙[Zhe4])

Hainan Province, capital Haikou 海口市[Hai3 kou3 Shi4] (short name 瓊|琼[Qiong2])

Hubei Province, capital Wuhan 武漢市|武汉市[Wu3 han4 Shi4] (short name 鄂[E4])

Hunan Province, capital Changsha 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 Shi4] (short name 湘[Xiang1])

rubicene (chemistry)

Gansu Province, capital Lanzhou 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4] (short name 甘[Gan1] or 隴|陇[Long3])

Fujian Province, capital Fuzhou 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 Shi4] (short name 閩|闽[Min3])

former Suiyuan province in Inner Mongolia and Shanxi

western Kham; historic province of Tibet in Kham region and west Sichuan, a province of Republic of China 1928-49 with capital Ya'an 雅安[Ya3 an1]

Guizhou Province, capital Guiyang 貴陽市|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 Shi4] (short name 貴|贵[Gui4] or 黔[Qian2])

Liaoning Province, capital Shenyang 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4] (short name 遼|辽[Liao2])