救星

Chinese

		to save; to assist; to rescue	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (救星)		救	星

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiùxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³ sing¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiu-sên
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kiù-chhiⁿ / kiù-chheⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): giu³ cên¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵cieu-shin

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiùxīng → jiùxing (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥ → ㄐㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiòusi̊ng
  - Wade–Giles: chiu⁴-hsing⁵
  - Yale: jyòu-sying
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiow.shing
  - Palladius: цзюсин (czjusin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/ → /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ɕiŋ¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiùxīngr → jiùxingr (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥㄦ → ㄐㄧㄡˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄥㄦ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiòusi̊ngr
  - Wade–Giles: chiu⁴-hsing⁵-ʼrh
  - Yale: jyòu-syingr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiow.shiengl
  - Palladius: цзюсинр (czjusinr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ɕiɤ̯̃ɻ⁵⁵/ → /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ɕiɤ̯̃ɻ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau³ sing¹
  - Yale: gau sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau³ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo³ xing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiu-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: giu sen^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giu⁴ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯u⁵⁵ sen²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiù-chhiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kiù-tshinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiuochvy
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiu¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰĩ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiù-chheⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kiù-tshenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiuozhvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: giu³ cên¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiù tsheⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰẽ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵cieu-shin
  - MiniDict: cieu^去 shin
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jieu-xin
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɤ³³ ɕin⁴⁴/

Noun

救星

liberator; emancipator; savior
- 在今日，誰能領導人民驅逐日本帝國主義，並實施民主政治，誰就是人民的救星。 [MSC, trad.]
  在今日，谁能领导人民驱逐日本帝国主义，并实施民主政治，谁就是人民的救星。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Zài jīnrì, shéi néng lǐngdǎo rénmín qūzhú Rìběn dìguózhǔyì, bìng shíshī mínzhǔ zhèngzhì, shéi jiù shì rénmín de jiùxīng. [Pinyin]
  Today, whoever can lead the people in driving out Japanese imperialism and introducing democratic government will be the saviours of the people.

Antonyms

災星／灾星 (zāixīng)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
救	星

Verb

救星

chữ Hán form of cứu tinh (“savior”)