救星

Chinese

		to save; to assist; to rescue	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (救星)		救	星

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiùxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³ sing¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiu-sên
Min Nan (POJ): kiù-chhiⁿ / kiù-chheⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiùxīng → jiùxing (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥ → ㄐㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiow.shing
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/ → /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiùxīngr → jiùxingr (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥㄦ → ㄐㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄥㄦ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiow.shiengl
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ɕjɤ̃ɻ⁵⁵/ → /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ɕjɤ̃ɻ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau³ sing¹
  - Yale: gau sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau³ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo³ xing¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiu-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: giu sen´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giu⁴ sen¹
  - IPA: /ki̯u⁵⁵ sen²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiù-chhiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kiù-tshinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiuochvy
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiu¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ³³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiù-chheⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kiù-tshenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiuozhvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

救星

liberator; emancipator; savior

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