HSK 5 · Verbs

救 jiù “to rescue” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 救 means

  1. to rescue
  2. to save
  3. to assist

How to say 救

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale救jiù4th tone, falling

救 in a sentence

  1. 他救了我的命。

    Tā jiù le wǒ de mìng.

    He saved my life.

    Sentence #1178827 from Tatoeba

  2. 你救了我。

    Nǐ jiù le wǒ.

    You saved me.

    Sentence #10357455 from Tatoeba

  3. 我们需要一辆救护车。

    Wǒmen xūyào yí liàng jiùhùchē.

    We need an ambulance.

    Sentence #389819 from Tatoeba

How 救 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 救 (jiù) with each of its parts in a different colour
救jiùto save
  • 求to seek · qiúSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 求 (qiú) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiù.

How to write 救

救 11 strokes

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救 (jiù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 救 (jiù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 救

Words with 救

救护车jiùhùchē · ambulance补救bǔjiù · to remedy抢救qiǎngjiù · to rescue挽救wǎnjiù · to save救济jiùjì · to give relief to

More words: Common Verbs

结合jiéhé · to combine届jiè · measure word for sessions尽力jìnlì · to strive one’s hardest进步jìnbù · progress具备jùbèi · to possess捐juān · to donate开放kāifàng · to open (to the public)砍kǎn · to chop

FAQs

救 (jiù) means “to rescue” or “to save”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiù: jiù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 救 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 救 from the suggestions. Typing jiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
救 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.