求救

Chinese

		to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	to save; to assist; to rescue
simp. and trad. (求救)		求	救

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiújiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴ gau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiù-kiu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiû-kiù

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kiu⁵ giu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiújiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cióujiòu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu²-chiu⁴
    • Yale: chyóu-jyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyoujiow
    • Palladius: цюцзю (cjuczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kau⁴ gau³
    • Yale: kàuh gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴ gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴ geo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹ kɐu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiù-kiu
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiu^ˇ giu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiu² giu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯u¹¹ ki̯u⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiû-kiù
    • Tâi-lô: kiû-kiù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiu'kiux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²⁴⁻²² kiu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu²⁴⁻²² kiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu¹³⁻²² kiu²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²³⁻³³ kiu²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kiu⁵ giu³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiû kiù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kiu²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: gjuw kjuwH

Rime
Character	求	救
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨鳩切	居祐切
Baxter	gjuw	kjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨu/	/kɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiu/	/kiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəu/	/kiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guw/	/kuwH/
Li Rong	/ɡiu/	/kiuH/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəu/	/kĭəuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯ə̯u/	/ki̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiú	jiù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kau4	gau3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ](r)u  s.k(r)u-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡu  kus/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	求	救
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiú	jiù
Middle Chinese	‹ gjuw ›	‹ kjuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ](r)u/	/*s.k(r)u-s/
English	seek	help, save
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	求	救
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	10560	10559
Phonetic component	求	求
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	𧚍	救
Old Chinese	/*ɡu/	/*kus/
Notes	說文作裘古文， 甲文爲蛷初文與裘大異

Verb

求救

1. to ask somebody to come to the rescue; to cry for help

Derived terms

• 求救信號／求救信号 (qiújiù xìnhào)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (求救):

• → Vietnamese: cầu cứu (求救)