救援

Japanese

Kanji in this term
救	援

Noun

救援 (hiragana きゅうえん, romaji kyūen)

1. relief; rescue

   中州に孤立した人たちの救援にヘリコプターが出動した。

   なかすにこりつしたひとたちのきゅうえんにへりこぷたーがしゅつどうした。
   nakasu ni koritsu shita hito tachi no kyūen ni herikoputā ga shutsudō shita.

   A helicopter was sent to rescue the people who were stranded in the middle of the river.

Verb

救援 + する (transitive, irregular conjugation, hiragana きゅうえんする, romaji kyūen suru)救援する 救援 suru

1. rescue, relieve

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
救援

Noun

救援 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin jiùyuán)

1. relief

Verb

救援 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin jiùyuán)

1. to rescue; to come to someone's rescue

References

• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
• "救援" (in Mandarin/English), Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2009-04-19.