你乘公車去的話，可以省掉三分之二的時間。

If you go by bus, you can get there in about one-third of the time.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=1 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
=2 乘 Chéng surname Cheng
=2 乘 chéng
  1. to ride
  2. to mount
  3. to make use of
  4. to avail oneself of
  5. to take advantage of
  6. to multiply (math.)
  7. Buddhist sect or creed
=2 乘 shèng
  1. (archaic) four horse military chariot
  2. (archaic) four
  3. generic term for history books
=2 乘 chéng old variant of 乘 chéng
3 公車 gōngchē
  1. bus
  2. abbr. for 公共汽車 gōnggòngqìchē
  3. car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc)
  4. abbr. for 公務用車 gōngwùyòngchē
4 去 qù
  1. to go
  2. to go to (a place)
  3. (of a time etc) last
  4. just passed
  5. to send
  6. to remove
  7. to get rid of
  8. to reduce
  9. to be apart from in space or time
  10. to die (euphemism)
  11. to play (a part)
  12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
5 的話 dehuà if (coming after a conditional clause)
6 可以 kěyǐ
  1. can
  2. may
  3. possible
  4. able to
  5. not bad
  6. pretty good
=7 省 shěng
  1. to save; to economize; to be frugal
  2. to omit; to delete; to leave out
  3. province
  4. provincial capital
  5. a ministry (of the Japanese government)
=7 省 xǐng
  1. (bound form) to scrutinize
  2. (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct)
  3. (bound form) to come to realize
  4. (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)
=8 掉 diào
  1. to fall
  2. to drop
  3. to lag behind
  4. to lose
  5. to go missing
  6. to reduce
  7. fall (in prices)
  8. to lose (value, weight etc)
  9. to wag
  10. to swing
  11. to turn
  12. to change
  13. to exchange
  14. to swap
  15. to show off
  16. to shed (hair)
  17. (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
=8 掉 nuò
  1. (obsolete) to hold; to wield; to bear; to lift
  2. to hold; to wield; to bear; to lift
9 三分 sānfēn
  1. somewhat
  2. to some degree
10 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
11 二 èr
  1. two
  2. 2
  3. (Beijing dialect) stupid
=12 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=12 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=12 的 dí really and truly
=12 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
13 時間 shíjiān
  1. (concept of) time
  2. (duration of) time
  3. (point in) time