救命

Chinese

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		to save; to assist; to rescue	life; fate
simp. and trad. (救命)		救	命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiùmìng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³ meng⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kiu-miang

(Meixian, Guangdong): giu⁴ miang⁴
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kiù-miā

(Teochew, Peng'im): giu³ mian⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiùmìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiòumìng
  - Wade–Giles: chiu⁴-ming⁴
  - Yale: jyòu-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowminq
  - Palladius: цзюмин (czjumin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau³ meng⁶
  - Yale: gau mehng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau³ meng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo³ méng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³ mɛːŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiu-miang
  - Hakka Romanization System: giu miang
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giu⁴ miang⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯u⁵⁵ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: giu⁴ miang⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ciu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ miaŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiù-miā
  - Tâi-lô: kiù-miā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiuomia
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ miã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiu¹¹⁻⁵³ miã³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²¹⁻⁴¹ miã³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: giu³ mian⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiù miāⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mĩã¹¹/

Verb

救命

to save a life; to rescue someone
多謝救命之恩。／多谢救命之恩。 ― Duōxiè jiùmìngzhī'ēn. ― Thank you for saving my life.

您的救命之恩，我沒齒難忘。 [MSC, trad.]
您的救命之恩，我没齿难忘。 [MSC, simp.]
Nín de jiùmìng zhī ēn, wǒ mòchǐnánwàng. [Pinyin]
I will remember forever that you have saved my life.

Synonyms

活命 (huómìng)

Derived terms

救命之恩 (jiùmìngzhī'ēn)

救命稻草 (jiùmìng dàocǎo)

Interjection

救命

Help! Save me!
來人啊！救命啊！／来人啊！救命啊！ ― Láirén a! Jiùmìng a! ― Someone please! Help!

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