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

(Hailu, HRS): kiu giu^ˇ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kiû-kiù

(Teochew, Peng'im): kiu⁵ giu³

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/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiu giu^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰiu⁵⁵ kiu¹¹/
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/

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/	/kɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiu/	/kiu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəu/	/kiəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guw/	/kuw^H/
Li Rong	/ɡiu/	/kiu^H/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəu/	/kĭəu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯ə̯u/	/ki̯ə̯u^H/
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 ›	‹ kjuw^H ›
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

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)