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

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiù-miā

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giu³ mian⁷

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵cieu ⁶min; ⁵cieu-min

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• 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): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ 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: /kiu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ miaŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵cieu ⁶min; ⁵cieu-min
    • MiniDict: cieu^去 min^去; cieu^去 min
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jieu ³min; ²jieu-min
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɤ³⁴ min²³/, /t͡ɕiɤ³³ min⁴⁴/

Note: 2jieu min — mostly in compound forms, rare as plain verb usage.

Verb

救⫽命 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. 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

1. Help! Save me!

   來人啊！救命啊！ [MSC, trad.]
   来人啊！救命啊！ [MSC, simp.]

   Láirén a! Jiùmìng a! [Pinyin]

   Someone please! Help!

Japanese

Kanji in this term
救	命
きゅう Grade: 5	めい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きゅうめー [kyùúméé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲɨᵝːme̞ː]

Noun

救(きゅう)命(めい) • (kyūmei) ^{←きうめい (kiumei)?}

1. life-saving

Verb

救(きゅう)命(めい)する • (kyūmei suru) ^{←きうめい (kiumei)?}suru (stem 救(きゅう)命(めい)し (kyūmei shi), past 救(きゅう)命(めい)した (kyūmei shita))

1. to save a life

Conjugation

Conjugation of "救命する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	救命し	きゅうめいし	kyūmei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	救命し	きゅうめいし	kyūmei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	救命する	きゅうめいする	kyūmei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	救命する	きゅうめいする	kyūmei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	救命すれ	きゅうめいすれ	kyūmei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	救命せよ¹ 救命しろ²	きゅうめいせよ¹ きゅうめいしろ²	kyūmei seyo¹ kyūmei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	救命される	きゅうめいされる	kyūmei sareru
Causative	救命させる 救命さす	きゅうめいさせる きゅうめいさす	kyūmei saseru kyūmei sasu
Potential	救命できる	きゅうめいできる	kyūmei dekiru
Volitional	救命しよう	きゅうめいしよう	kyūmei shiyō
Negative	救命しない	きゅうめいしない	kyūmei shinai
Negative continuative	救命せず	きゅうめいせず	kyūmei sezu
Formal	救命します	きゅうめいします	kyūmei shimasu
Perfective	救命した	きゅうめいした	kyūmei shita
Conjunctive	救命して	きゅうめいして	kyūmei shite
Hypothetical conditional	救命すれば	きゅうめいすれば	kyūmei sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
救	命

Noun

救命 • (gumyeong) (hangeul 구명)

1. Hanja form^? of 구명.