Chinese

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to save; to assist; to rescue life; fate
simp. and trad.
(救命)

Pronunciation

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Note: 2jieu min — mostly in compound forms, rare as plain verb usage.

Verb

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救⫽命 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. to save a life; to rescue someone
    多謝救命之恩多谢救命之恩  ―  Duōxiè jiùmìngzhī'ēn.  ―  Thank you for saving my life.
    救命沒齒難忘 [MSC, trad.]
    救命没齿难忘 [MSC, simp.]
    Nín de jiùmìng zhī ēn, wǒ mòchǐnánwàng. [Pinyin]
    I will remember forever that you have saved my life.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Interjection

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救命

  1. Help! Save me!
    來人救命 [MSC, trad.]
    来人救命 [MSC, simp.]
    Láirén a! Jiùmìng a! [Pinyin]
    Someone please! Help!

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
きゅう
Grade: 5
めい
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(きゅう)(めい) (kyūmeiきうめい (kiumei)?

  1. life-saving

Verb

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(きゅう)(めい)する (kyūmei suruきうめい (kiumei)?suru (stem (きゅう)(めい) (kyūmei shi), past (きゅう)(めい)した (kyūmei shita))

  1. to save a life

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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救命 (gumyeong) (hangeul 구명)

  1. hanja form? of 구명
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