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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiù-miā

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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/
• 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/

Verb

救命

1. to save one's 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.

Interjection

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!