HSK 6 · Verbs

抢救 qiǎngjiù “to rescue” in Chinese

Traditional 搶救

What 抢救 means

  1. to rescue
  2. to save (life)
  3. emergency treatment

How to say 抢救

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale抢qiǎng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale救jiù4th tone, falling

抢救 in a sentence

  1. 为抢救病人医生已尽力了。

    Wèi qiǎngjiù bìngrén yīshēng yǐ jìnlì le.

    The doctor did everything he could to save the patient.

    Sentence #6822753 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 抢救 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 抢 (qiǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
抢qiǎngto fight over
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 仓granary · cāngSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 仓 (cāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiǎng.

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 抢救

抢 7 strokes · 救 11 strokes

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

Words related to 抢救

Words with 抢

抢qiǎng · to snatch抢劫qiǎngjié · to rob

Words with 救

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

More words: Common Verbs

普及pǔjí · to popularise掐qiā · to pinch牵qiān · to lead (by the hand or a rope)牵扯qiānchě · to involve强迫qiǎngpò · to force迁就qiānjiù · to accommodate迁徙qiānxǐ · to migrate牵制qiānzhì · to contain

FAQs

抢救 (qiǎngjiù) means “to rescue” or “to save (life)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qiǎngjiù: qiǎng with a 3rd tone, then jiù 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, 抢救 is written 搶救. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qiangjiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 抢救 from the suggestions. Typing qiangjiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
抢救 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.