救 jiù aid
aid; help; to rescue; to save
How to remember 救: 求 request + 攵 tap = aid. The swimmer shouts her request across the water, the lifeguard feels a tap on his shoulder and races out with aid.
Component breakdown
救 = 求 request + 攵 tap
- 求 request
- 攵 tap
The swimmer shouts her request across the water, the lifeguard feels a tap on his shoulder and races out with aid.
How it is used
- 救命! (jiùmìng!) "Help! Save me!" is the exclamation shouted in an emergency - essential survival vocabulary.
- 救护车 jiùhùchē "ambulance" and 急救 jíjiù "first aid/emergency treatment" are core related words.
- Distinguish from general 帮助 bāngzhù "to help": 救 specifically implies rescuing from danger or a life-threatening crisis.
Words with 救
- 抢救qiǎngjiùto rescueHSK 5
- 救护车jiùhùchēambulanceHSK 5
- 急救jíjiùto give emergency treatmentHSK 6
- 救助jiùzhùto help somebody in troubleHSK 6
- 救命jiùmìngto save somebody's lifeHSK 6
- 救援jiùyuánto saveHSK 6
- 救灾jiùzāito relieve disasterHSK 6
- 求救qiújiùto seek helpHSK 6
- 呼救hūjiùto call for helpHSK 8
- 拯救zhěngjiùto saveHSK 8
- 挽救wǎnjiùto saveHSK 8
- 搜救sōujiùsearch and rescueHSK 8
- 救死扶伤jiùsǐ-fúshāngto help the dying and heal the injuredHSK 8
- 救治jiùzhìto provide critical careHSK 8
- 救济jiùjìemergency reliefHSK 8
- 营救yíngjiùto rescueHSK 9
- 补救bǔjiùto remedyHSK 9
- 解救jiějiùto rescueHSK 9
Example sentences
- 联合国对难民进行救济。 Liánhéguó duì nànmín jìnxíng jiùjì.The United Nations is providing relief to the refugees.
- 现场的营救工作很困难。 Xiànchǎng de yíngjiù gōngzuò hěn kùnnan.On-the-scene rescue work is very difficult.