# 救命
## Chinese

* This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiùmìng
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gau$^3$ meng$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kiu-miang
    (Hailu, HRS): giu$^ˇ$ miang$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): giu$^4$ miang$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kiù-miā
    (Teochew, Peng'im): giu$^3$ mian$^7$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$cieu $^6$min / $^5$cieu-min$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiùmìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiòumìng
*** Wade–Giles: chiu$^4$-ming$^4$
*** Yale: jyòu-mìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowminq
*** Palladius: цзюмин (czjumin)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gau$^3$ meng$^6$
*** Yale: gau mehng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gau$^3$ meng$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: geo$^3$ méng$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐu̯³³ mɛːŋ²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiu-miang
*** Hakka Romanization System: giu miang
*** Hagfa Pinyim: giu$^4$ miang$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ki̯u⁵⁵ mi̯aŋ⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: giu$^ˇ$ miang$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /kiu¹¹ miaŋ³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: giu$^4$ miang$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kiu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ miaŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiù-miā
*** Tâi-lô: kiù-miā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiuomia
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ miã⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu²¹⁻⁵³ miã²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kiu¹¹⁻⁵³ miã³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²¹⁻⁴¹ miã³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: giu$^3$ mian$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiù miāⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /kiu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mĩã¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$cieu $^6$min
*** MiniDict: cieu$^去$ min$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$jieu $^3$min
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɤ³⁴ min²³/
** (Northern: Shanghai, Chongming)
*** Wugniu: $^5$cieu-min$_6$
*** MiniDict: cieu$^去$ min$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$jieu-min$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɤ³³ min⁴⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡ɕiɵ³³ min/

### Verb

救⫽命 (verb-object) (intransitive)
* 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.
       Nín de jiùmìng zhī ēn, wǒ mòchǐnánwàng. [Pinyin]
       I will remember forever that you have saved my life.

#### Synonyms

* 活命 (huómìng)

#### Derived terms

* 救命之恩 (jiùmìngzhī'ēn)
* 救命稻草 (jiùmìng dàocǎo)
* 救命車 / 救命车

### Interjection

救命
* Help! Save me!
       Láirén a! Jiùmìng a! [Pinyin]
       Someone please! Help!

## Japanese

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

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きゅうめー [kyùúméé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [kʲɨːme̞ː]

### Noun

救(きゅう)命(めい) • (kyūmei)
* life-saving

### Verb

救(きゅう)命(めい)する • (kyūmei suru) suru (stem 救(きゅう)命(めい)し (kyūmei shi), past 救(きゅう)命(めい)した (kyūmei shita))
* to save a life

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 救命し | きゅうめいし | kyūmei shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 救命し | きゅうめいし | kyūmei shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 救命する | きゅうめいする | kyūmei suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 救命する | きゅうめいする | kyūmei suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 救命すれ | きゅうめいすれ | kyūmei sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 救命せよ¹ 救命しろ² | きゅうめいせよ¹ きゅうめいしろ² | kyūmei seyo¹ kyūmei shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 救命される | きゅうめいされる | kyūmei sareru |
| Causative | 救命させる 救命さす | きゅうめいさせる きゅうめいさす | kyūmei saseru kyūmei sasu |
| Potential | 救命できる | きゅうめいできる | kyūmei dekiru |
| Volitional | 救命しよう | きゅうめいしよう | kyūmei shiyō |
| Negative | 救命しない | きゅうめいしない | kyūmei shinai |
| Negative continuative | 救命せず | きゅうめいせず | kyūmei sezu |
| Formal | 救命します | きゅうめいします | kyūmei shimasu |
| Perfective | 救命した | きゅうめいした | kyūmei shita |
| Conjunctive | 救命して | きゅうめいして | kyūmei shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 救命すれば | きゅうめいすれば | kyūmei sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

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

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 救 | 命 |

### Noun

救命 • (gumyeong) (hangeul 구명)
* hanja form of 구명