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挽救

挽救

Chinese

		draw; pull; send funeral ode	to save; to assist; to rescue
simp. and trad. (挽救)		挽	救

Verb

挽救

to save; to rescue; to remedy

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wǎnjiù

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁵ gau³
Min Nan (POJ): bán-kiù

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǎnjiù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanjiow
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waan⁵ gau³
  - Yale: wáahn gau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁵ gau³
  - IPA ^(key): /wɑːn¹³ kɐu̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bán-kiù
  - Tâi-lô: bán-kiù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bafnkiux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ban⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiu¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiu²¹/