救命

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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.
    您的救命之恩，我沒齒難忘。 [MSC, trad.]
    您的救命之恩，我没齿难忘。 [MSC, simp.]
    Nín de jiùmìng zhī ēn, wǒ mòchǐnánwàng. [Pinyin]
    I will remember forever that you have saved my life.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Interjection

救命

  1. Help! Save me!
    來人啊！救命啊！ [MSC, trad.]
    来人啊！救命啊！ [MSC, simp.]
    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])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲɨᵝːme̞ː]

Noun

救(きゅう)命(めい) • (kyūmei) ←きうめい (kiumei)?

  1. life-saving

Verb

救(きゅう)命(めい)する • (kyūmei suru) ←きうめい (kiumei)?suru (stem 救(きゅう)命(めい)し (kyūmei shi), past 救(きゅう)命(めい)した (kyūmei shita))

  1. to save a life

Conjugation
Conjugation of "救命する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
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
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
救命

Noun

救命 • (gumyeong) (hangeul 구명)

  1. Hanja form? of 구명.
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