jiù

  1. jiù verb to save; to rescue
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 拯救; for example, in literary Chinese, 遠水不救近火 'distant water cannot extinguish a nearby fire', from Han Feizi's Shuo Lin Shang (DCP 'Y448'; GHC '救' 2; Kroll 2015 '救' 1).
  2. jiù verb to cure; to heal
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 医治 (GHC '救' 3; Kroll 2015 '救' 2)
  3. jiù verb to prevent; to stop
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 制止 (GHC '救' 4; Kroll 2015 '救' 3)
  4. jiù verb to assist
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 援救 (GHC '救' 1; Kroll 2015 '救' 1)
  5. jiù noun part of a shoe
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '救' 5)
  6. jiù proper noun Jiu
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (GHC '救' 6)
  7. jiū verb to entangle
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Interchangeable with 纠 (GHC '救' 7)

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