救 jiù

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

救 jiù

Contains the radical

攵 pū

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰求攵

Semantic compound

攵 pū

Phonetic compound

求 qiú

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 pū represents the meaning and 求 qiú represents the sound. Simplified form of 捄.

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他们 tā men 虽然 suīrán 很 hěn 勇敢 yǒnggǎn 地 de 努力 nǔlì 抢救 qiǎngjiù , 却 què 没 méi 能 Néng 救 jiù 回 huí 小孩 xiǎo hái 的 de 生命 shēngmìng .

Despite their valiant efforts, they were unable to save the child's life.

到 dào 东到西 Xī 都 dōu 有 yǒu 救星 jiù xīng 帮 bāng 你 nǐ 渡过 dù guò 难关 nán guān .

There is always something to give you a boost.

一 yī 艘 sōu 过路的 de 船只 chuán zhī 搭救 dā jiù 了 le 遭受 zāoshòu 船 chuán 难 nán 的水手 shǒu .

The shipwrecked sailors were picked up by a passing boat.

我 wǒ 需要 xūyào 一些 yī xiē 短期 duǎn qī 和 hé 甜 tián 救救我 wǒ .

I need something short and sweet to save me.

我们 wǒmen 宁愿 nìngyuàn 去 qù 援救 yuán jiù 这些 zhè xiē 又 yòu 渴 kě 又 yòu 饿 è 的 de 小 xiǎo 猫 māo 、小 xiǎo 狗 gǒu .

We prefer to rescue the thirty and hungry puppies and kittens.

Explore 24 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 救 jiù in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
救 jiù	to save	救 jiù
拯救 zhěng jiù	to save	拯救 zhěng jiù
救命 jiù mìng	Save me!	救命 jiù mìng
救援 jiù yuán	to save	救援 jiù yuán
救助 jiù zhù	aid	救助 jiù zhù
抢救 qiǎngjiù	to rescue	搶救
救护车 jiùhùchē	ambulance	救護車
急救 jí jiù	first aid	急救 jí jiù
挽救 wǎnjiù	to save	挽救 wǎnjiù
解救 jiě jiù	to rescue	解救 jiě jiù
救治 jiù zhì	to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant)	救治 jiù zhì
救灾 jiù zāi	to relieve disaster	救災
救济 jiùjì	emergency relief	救濟
营救 yíng jiù	to rescue	營救
求救 qiú jiù	to cry for help	求救 qiú jiù
救护 jiù hù	to rescue	救護
补救 bǔjiù	to remedy	補救
救世主 Jiù shì zhǔ	the Savior (in Christianity)	救世主 Jiù shì zhǔ
获救 huò jiù	to rescue	獲救
扑救 pū jiù	firefighting	撲救
救火 jiù huǒ	firefighting	救火 jiù huǒ
呼救 hū jiù	to call for help	呼救 hū jiù
救国 jiù guó	to save the nation	救國
救活 jiù huó	to bring back to life	救活 jiù huó