救 jiù

1. jiù verb to save; to rescue
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 拯救; for example, in literary Chinese, 遠水不救近火 'distant water cannot extinguish a nearby fire', from Han Feizi's Shuo Lin Shang (DCP 'Y448'; GHC '救' 2; Kroll 2015 '救' 1).
2. jiù verb to cure; to heal
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 医治 (GHC '救' 3; Kroll 2015 '救' 2)
3. jiù verb to prevent; to stop
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 制止 (GHC '救' 4; Kroll 2015 '救' 3)
4. jiù verb to assist
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 援救 (GHC '救' 1; Kroll 2015 '救' 1)
5. jiù noun part of a shoe
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (GHC '救' 5)
6. jiù proper noun Jiu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (GHC '救' 6)
7. jiū verb to entangle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Interchangeable with 纠 (GHC '救' 7)

Contained in

• 救生 to save a life; life-saving
• 救灾(救災) to help people in a disaster
• 救生衣 life jacket; life vest
• 救济(救濟) to provide relief
• 匡君救主 correcting a lord and saving a sovereign; correcting a ruler from making a grave error
• 治病救人 to treat the disease to save the patient; to criticize a person in order to help him
• 获救(獲救) to rescue; to be rescued
• 拯救 to save; to rescue
• 求救 to cry for help
• 救拔 to save; to rescue
• 救药(救藥) to cure
• 救生艇 lifeboat
• 救生船 lifeboat
• 救活 to bring back to life
• 曲线救国(曲線救國) to secretly work for the enemy
• 行政救济(行政救濟) administrative remedy
• 呼救 to call for help
• 救火投薪 to put out a fire by throwing on logs; to do something that makes a bad situation worse
• 救护车(救護車) ambulance
• 救焚益薪 add firewood to put out the flames; ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse
• 社会救助(社會救助) community relief
• 救赎(救贖) atonement
• 救出 to rescue; to pluck from danger
• 抢救(搶救) to rescue
• 救市 market rescue (by central bank)
• 补救(補救) to remedy
• 五行变救(五行變救) reverting changes in the five elements
• 没救(沒救) hopeless; incurable
• 救人一命胜造七级浮屠(救人一命勝造七級浮屠) saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda
• 救火 to fight a fire
• 救生艇甲板 boat deck (upper deck on which lifeboats are stored)
• 救国(救國) to save the nation
• 救济粮(救濟糧) relief grain; emergency provisions
• 救助 to aid; to help
• 救援队(救援隊) rescue team
• 救世主 the Savior
• 救场(救場) to save the show (for instance by stepping in for an absent actor)
• 救兵 to rescue troops ; rescuers of troops
• 救生员(救生員) lifeguard
• 救生队(救生隊) rescue team; CL:支[zhi1]
• 救灾款(救災款) disaster relief funds
• 拯救大兵瑞恩 Saving Private Ryan
• 救治 to rescue and give medical treatment
• 救命稻草 (one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope
• 救死扶伤(救死扶傷) to help the dying and heal the injured
• 救亡 to save from extinction; to save the nation
• 救恩 salvation
• 围魏救赵(圍魏救趙) to besiege and rescue
• 救星 savior; liberator; emancipator; knight in shining armor
• 救场如救火(救場如救火) the show must go on

Also contained in

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Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 42
• 《田敬仲完世家》 House of Tian Jingzhong Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 36
• 魏紀 Records of the Wei Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 34
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 32
• 卷九　齊二 Chapter 9: Qi II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 31
• 哀公 Lord Ai The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 29
• 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 27
• 卷二百七十三 列傳第一百六十一 左良玉 高傑 祖寬 Volume 273 Biographies 161: Zuo Liangyu, Gao Jie, Zu Kuan History of Ming 明史 — count: 25
• 成公 Lord Cheng The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 24
• 第八十回 Chapter 80 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 22

Collocations

• 救郑 (救鄭) 宋人救鄭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 36
• 师救 (師救) 鄭大子忽帥師救齊 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 24
• 救陈 (救陳) 晉趙盾帥師救陳 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 13
• 人救 (人救) 宋人救鄭 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 13
• 不能救 (不能救) 自傷不能救也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧載馳 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Zai Chi — count: 11
• 救徐 (救徐) 及諸侯之大夫救徐 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 7
• 救卫 (救衛) 王人子突救衛 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 7
• 救齐 (救齊) 鄭大子忽帥師救齊 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 7
• 救邢 (救邢) 齊人救邢 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 7
• 救宋 (救宋) 晉侯師于台谷以救宋 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 6