HSK 6 · Society

救济 jiùjì “to give relief to” in Chinese

Traditional 救濟

What 救济 means

  1. to give relief to
  2. to aid
  3. relief
  4. emergency relief
  5. to help the needy with cash or goods

How to say 救济

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale救jiù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale济jì4th tone, falling

救济 in a sentence

  1. 十年来，他靠父亲的救济生存。

    Shí nián lái, tā kào fùqīn de jiùjì shēngcún.

    For ten years he’s lived off his father’s support.

    Sentence #2307429 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 救济 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.

The character 济 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
济jìto cross a river
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 齐even · qíSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 齐 (qí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

How to write 救济

救 11 strokes · 济 9 strokes

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

Words related to 救济

Words with 救

救jiù · to rescue救护车jiùhùchē · ambulance补救bǔjiù · to remedy抢救qiǎngjiù · to rescue挽救wǎnjiù · to save

Words with 济

经济jīngjì · economy

More words: Society & Law

机构jīgòu · organisation忌讳jìhuì · taboo竞选jìngxuǎn · to run for office纠纷jiūfēn · dispute拘留jūliú · to detain军队jūnduì · army抗议kàngyì · to protest联盟liánméng · alliance

FAQs

救济 (jiùjì) means “to give relief to” or “to aid”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiùjì: jiù with a 4th tone, then jì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 救济 is written 救濟. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiuji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 救济 from the suggestions. Typing jiuji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
救济 is an HSK 6 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.