救人

Chinese

		to save; to assist; to rescue	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (救人)		救	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiùrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiu-ngìn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiù-lâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giu³ nang⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵cieu ⁶gnin; ⁵cieu-gnin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiùrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiòurén
    • Wade–Giles: chiu⁴-jên²
    • Yale: jyòu-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowren
    • Palladius: цзюжэнь (czjužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau³ jan⁴
    • Yale: gau yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau³ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo³ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiu-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: giu nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giu⁴ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯u⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiù-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: kiù-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiuolaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu²¹⁻⁵³ laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu¹¹⁻⁵³ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²¹⁻⁴¹ laŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giu³ nang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiù nâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ naŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵cieu ⁶gnin; ⁵cieu-gnin
    • MiniDict: cieu^去 nyin^去; cieu^去 nyin
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jieu ³nyin; ²jieu-nyin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɤ⁴⁴  n̠ʲin²³/, /t͡ɕiɤ³³ n̠ʲin⁴⁴/

Verb

救⫽人 (verb-object)

1. (intransitive) to rescue someone; to save one's life

   救人要緊／救人要紧  ―  jiùrén yàojǐn  ―  saving lives is most important at this moment

   跳海救人  ―  tiàohǎi jiùrén  ―  to jump into the sea to rescue someone