救世

Chinese

		to save; to assist; to rescue	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad. (救世)		救	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiùshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³ sai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiu-sṳ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiù-sè / kiù-sì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiùshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiòushìh
    • Wade–Giles: chiu⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: jyòu-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowshyh
    • Palladius: цзюши (czjuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 就事 就勢／就势 就是 就試／就试 救世 救市 舊事／旧事 舊市／旧市 舊式／旧式

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau³ sai³
    • Yale: gau sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau³ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo³ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³ sɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiu-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: giu sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giu⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯u⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiù-sè
    • Tâi-lô: kiù-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiuosex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²¹⁻⁴¹ se²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²¹⁻⁵³ se²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu¹¹⁻⁵³ se¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiù-sì
    • Tâi-lô: kiù-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiuosix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu²¹⁻⁵³ si²¹/

Verb

救⫽世 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to save the world; to bring to salvation
2. (Internet slang, humorous) Alternative form of 就是 (jiùshì)

Derived terms

• 救世主 (jiùshìzhǔ)
• 救世軍／救世军 (Jiùshìjūn)