HSK 6 · Verbs

挽救 wǎnjiù “to save” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 挽救 means

  1. to save
  2. to rescue
  3. to remedy

How to say 挽救

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale挽wǎn3rd 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

挽救 in a sentence

  1. 医生们尽力挽救病人的生命。

    Yīshēngmen jìnlì wǎnjiù bìngrén de shēngmìng.

    The doctors did everything they could to save the patient’s life.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 现在改还来得及，这个计划还可以挽救。

    Xiànzài gǎi hái láidejí, zhè ge jìhuà hái kěyǐ wǎnjiù.

    There’s still time to change things; this plan can still be saved.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 挽救 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 挽 (wǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
挽wǎnto pull
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 免to spare · miǎnSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 免 (miǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with wǎn.

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 挽救

挽 10 strokes · 救 11 strokes

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

Words related to 挽救

Words with 挽

挽回wǎnhuí · to retrieve

Words with 救

救jiù · to rescue救护车jiùhùchē · ambulance补救bǔjiù · to remedy抢救qiǎngjiù · to rescue救济jiùjì · to give relief to

More words: Common Verbs

瓦解wǎjiě · to collapse挖掘wājué · to dig完毕wánbì · to finish挽回wǎnhuí · to retrieve玩弄wánnòng · to play with喂wèi · to feed (a person or animal)维持wéichí · to maintain维护wéihù · to safeguard

FAQs

挽救 (wǎnjiù) means “to save” or “to rescue”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wǎnjiù: wǎn 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.
Yes. 挽救 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wanjiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 挽救 from the suggestions. Typing wanjiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
挽救 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.