救命

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
• Min Nan (POJ): kiù-miā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiùmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowminq
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau³ meng⁶
    • Yale: gau mehng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau³ meng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo³ méng⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³ mɛːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiu-miang
    • Hakka Romanization System: giu miang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giu⁴ miang⁴
    • IPA: /ki̯u⁵⁵ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (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

救命

1. Help! Save me!

   來人啊！救命啊！ / 来人啊！救命啊！  ―  Láirén a! Jiùmìng a!  ―  Someone please! Help!