Chinese symbol for “rescue”
抢救
qiǎng jiù
Traditional: 搶救
to rescue
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rescue is 抢救 (qiǎng jiù), defined as: to rescue.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “rescue”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 营救 (營救) | yíng jiù | to rescue |
| 解救 | jiě jiù | to rescue; to help out of difficulties |
| 救出 | jiù chū | to rescue; to pluck from danger |
| 救护 (救護) | jiù hù | to rescue; to administer first aid |
| 搭救 | dā jiù | to rescue |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抢救.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抢劫 (搶劫) | qiǎng jié | to rob; looting |
| 抢夺 (搶奪) | qiǎng duó | to plunder; to pillage |
| 抢先 (搶先) | qiǎng xiān | to rush (to do sth urgent); to try to be the first |
| 抢走 (搶走) | qiǎng zǒu | to snatch (esp related to a robbery) |
| 抢购 (搶購) | qiǎng gòu | to buy frenetically; to snap up (bargains, dwindling supplies etc) |
| 拯救 | zhěng jiù | to save; to rescue |
| 救援 | jiù yuán | to save; to support |
| 救助 | jiù zhù | to help sb in trouble; aid |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rescue”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.