挽救

Chinese

		draw; pull; send funeral ode	to save; to assist; to rescue
simp. and trad. (挽救)		挽	救

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎnjiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁵ gau³

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): boán-kiù / bán-kiù

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mang² giu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnjiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnjiòu
    • Wade–Giles: wan³-chiu⁴
    • Yale: wǎn-jyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanjiow
    • Palladius: ваньцзю (vanʹczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁵ gau³
    • Yale: wáahn gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁵ gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁵ geo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn¹³ kɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boán-kiù
    • Tâi-lô: buán-kiù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boafnkiux
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /buan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /buan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiu⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bán-kiù
    • Tâi-lô: bán-kiù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bafnkiux
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiu⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mang² giu³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: máng kiù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kiu²¹³/

Verb

挽救

1. (transitive) to save; to rescue; to remedy

Synonyms

• 周濟／周济 (zhōujì)
• 成濟／成济 (chéngjì) (literary)
• 拯救 (zhěngjiù)
• 接助 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 接濟／接济 (jiējì)
• 援手 (yuánshǒu) (literary)
• 搭救 (dājiù)
• 搶救／抢救 (qiǎngjiù)
• 救 (jiù)
• 救助 (jiùzhù)
• 救拯 (jiùzhěng) (literary)
• 救援 (jiùyuán)
• 救濟／救济 (jiùjì)
• 營救／营救 (yíngjiù)
• 補救／补救 (bǔjiù)
• 解救 (jiějiù)

 

Derived terms

• 無法挽救／无法挽救