救星

救星

Chinese

		to save; to assist; to rescue	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (救星)		救	星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiùxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³ sing¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiu-sên
• Min Nan (POJ): kiù-chhiⁿ / kiù-chheⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiùxīng → jiùxing (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥ → ㄐㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiow.shing
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/ → /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiùxīngr → jiùxingr (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥㄦ → ㄐㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄥㄦ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiow.shiengl
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ɕjɤ̃ɻ⁵⁵/ → /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ɕjɤ̃ɻ¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau³ sing¹
    • Yale: gau sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau³ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo³ xing¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiu-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: giu sen´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giu⁴ sen¹
    • IPA: /ki̯u⁵⁵ sen²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiù-chhiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kiù-tshinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiuochvy
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiù-chheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kiù-tshenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiuozhvef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

救星

1. liberator; emancipator; savior