救 jiù aid
aid; help; to rescue; to save
怎么记住“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.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
救 = 求 request + 攵 tap
- 求 request sound
- 攵 tap meaning
The swimmer shouts her request across the water, the lifeguard feels a tap on his shoulder and races out with aid.
How it came to be
The tapping hand on the right gives the meaning and the left part gives the sound.
用法
- 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.
含“救”的词语
- 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
例句
- 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.