救濟

See also: 救济 and 救済

Chinese

		to save; to assist; to rescue	aid; ferry; frugal
trad. (救濟)		救	濟
simp. (救济)		救	济

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiùjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³ zai³
• Gan (Wiktionary): jiu⁴ ji
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiu-chi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiù-chè

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giu³ zi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiùjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiòujì
    • Wade–Giles: chiu⁴-chi⁴
    • Yale: jyòu-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowjih
    • Palladius: цзюцзи (czjuczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau³ zai³
    • Yale: gau jai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau³ dzai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo³ zei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³ t͡sɐi̯³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: jiu⁴ ji
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiu³⁵ t͡ɕi²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiu-chi
    • Hakka Romanization System: giu ji
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giu⁴ ji⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯u⁵⁵ t͡si⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiù-chè
    • Tâi-lô: kiù-tsè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiuozex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu²¹⁻⁵³ t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡se¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡se²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giu³ zi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiù tsì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡si²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: kjuwH tsejH

Rime
Character	救	濟
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	居祐切	子計切
Baxter	kjuwH	tsejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨuH/	/t͡seiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kiuH/	/t͡seiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kiəuH/	/t͡sɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuwH/	/t͡sɛjH/
Li Rong	/kiuH/	/t͡seiH/
Wang Li	/kĭəuH/	/t͡sieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ə̯uH/	/t͡sieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiù	jì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gau3	zai3

Verb

救濟

1. to provide emergency relief to

   • 思平世難，救濟黎庶，上答神祇，下慰民望。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     思平世难，救济黎庶，上答神祇，下慰民望。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE

     Sī píng shì nàn, jiùjì líshù, shàng dá shénqí, xià wèi mínwàng. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

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• 周濟／周济 (zhōujì)
• 成濟／成济 (chéngjì) (literary)
• 拯救 (zhěngjiù)
• 挽救 (wǎnjiù)
• 接助 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 接濟／接济 (jiējì)
• 援手 (yuánshǒu) (literary)
• 搭救 (dājiù)
• 搶救／抢救 (qiǎngjiù)
• 救 (jiù)
• 救助 (jiùzhù)
• 救拯 (jiùzhěng) (literary)
• 救援 (jiùyuán)
• 營救／营救 (yíngjiù)
• 補救／补救 (bǔjiù)
• 解救 (jiějiù)
• 馳援／驰援 (chíyuán) (to rush to the rescue)

 

Derived terms

• 救濟金／救济金 (jiùjìjīn)

 

See also

• 施捨／施舍 (shīshě)

Noun

救濟

1. (informal) Short for 救濟金／救济金 (jiùjìjīn, “allowance; welfare payment”).
2. (law) remedy

   私力救濟／私力救济  ―  sīlì jiùjì  ―  private remedy

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (救濟):

• → Japanese: 救(きゅう)済(さい) (kyūsai)
• → Korean: 구제(救濟) (guje)
• → Vietnamese: cứu tế (救濟)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
救	濟
きゅう Grade: 5	さい Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 救濟 – see the following entry.

【救済きゅうさい】 [noun] rescue; relief; aid [verb] to relieve; to give help

(This term, 救濟, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
救	濟

Noun

救濟 • (guje) (hangeul 구제)

1. hanja form^? of 구제 (“help, relief”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
救	濟

Verb

救濟

1. chữ Hán form of cứu tế (“to help”).