拯 zhěng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 丞 to aid, to assist, to rescue
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
拯救
zhěngjiù
to rescue; to save
Characters in this word
救 jiù
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 求 to seek 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他们认为，拯救濒危语言并不是把词汇记录下来就够了，还要让年轻人愿意使用。 Tāmen rènwéi, zhěngjiù bīnwēi yǔyán bìng bú shì bǎ cíhuì jìlù xiàlái jiù gòu le, hái yào ràng niánqīngrén yuànyì shǐyòng. They believe that saving an endangered language is not just a matter of recording vocabulary; young people must also be willing to use it.
- 医生们全力以赴，拯救这位重伤的病人。 Yīshēngmen quánlì yǐ fù, zhěngjiù zhè wèi zhòngshāng de bìngrén. The doctors did everything in their power to save this seriously injured patient.
- 消防员及时赶到，拯救了被困的人们。 Xiāofángyuán jíshí gǎndào, zhěngjiù le bèi kùn de rénmen. The firefighters arrived in time and rescued the trapped people.
Related words
- 救 jiù to save; to rescue
- 救灾 jiùzāi disaster relief
- 抢救 qiǎngjiù to rescue urgently
- 急救 jíjiù first aid, emergency treatment
- 救命 jiùmìng to save a life
- 救援 jiùyuán rescue, relief
- 救助 jiùzhù to help, to rescue
- 求救 qiújiù to cry for help
- 补救 bǔjiù to remedy; to repair damage
- 呼救 hūjiù to call for help
- 解救 jiějiù to rescue; to save
- 救济 jiùjì to provide relief; relief aid