救
HSK 3freq #1217
Meanings
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- 1.to save
- 2.to assist
- 3.to rescue
- 1.variant of 救[jiù]
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Wiktionary
- 1.to aid; to support
- 2.to save; to rescue
- 3.to prohibit; to forbid
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kus): phonetic 求 (OC *ɡu) + semantic 攴. Likely cognate with 求 (OC *ɡu, “to ask, seek”), Burmese ကူ (ku, “to help”) (STEDT).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
我救了你一命。
I saved your life.
你能救汤姆吗？
Can you save Tom?
你需要救護車嗎?
Do you need an ambulance?
我要幫你營救湯姆。
I'm going to help you rescue Tom.
這個新藥救了他的命。
The new medicine saved his life.
他救了一个溺水的男孩。
He rescued a boy from drowning.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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