挽救

Chinese

		draw; pull; send funeral ode	to save; to assist; to rescue
simp. and trad. (挽救)		挽	救

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎnjiù

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁵ gau³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): boán-kiù / bán-kiù

(Teochew, Peng'im): mang² giu³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnjiù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnjiòu
  - Wade–Giles: wan³-chiu⁴
  - Yale: wǎn-jyòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanjiow
  - Palladius: ваньцзю (vanʹczju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waan⁵ gau³
  - Yale: wáahn gau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁵ gau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wan⁵ geo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn¹³ kɐu̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boán-kiù
  - Tâi-lô: buán-kiù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boafnkiux
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /buan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /buan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bán-kiù
  - Tâi-lô: bán-kiù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bafnkiux
  - IPA (Kinmen): /ban⁵³⁻²⁴ kiu¹²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiu²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiu⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mang² giu³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: máng kiù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kiu²¹³/

Verb

挽救

(transitive) to save; to rescue; to remedy

Synonyms

周濟 / 周济 (zhōujì)
存拯 (cúnzhěng) (Classical)
成濟 / 成济 (chéngjì) (literary)
拯救 (zhěngjiù)
接助 (Xiamen Hokkien)
接濟 / 接济 (jiējì)
援手 (yuánshǒu) (literary)
搶救 / 抢救 (qiǎngjiù)
搭救 (dājiù)
救 (jiù)
救助 (jiùzhù)
救拯 (jiùzhěng) (literary)
救援 (jiùyuán)
救濟 / 救济 (jiùjì)
營救 / 营救 (yíngjiù)
補救 / 补救 (bǔjiù)
解救 (jiějiù)
馳援 / 驰援 (chíyuán) (to rush to the rescue)

Derived terms

無法挽救 / 无法挽救