Meaning of 救灾
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to relieve disaster
- to help disaster victims
How to use 救灾
救灾 is a verb-object word used for organized relief work after floods, earthquakes, or fires, often in news and official language. It also appears before nouns, as in 救灾物资 (jiùzāi wùzī, relief supplies). Example: 军队已经赶到灾区救灾。(Jūnduì yǐjīng gǎndào zāiqū jiùzāi.) The army has already arrived in the disaster area to help with relief.
救 (jiù) means to save or rescue, and 灾 (zāi) shows fire 火 under a roof 宀, a home on fire. Put them together: you rush in to save people from the burning house, which is disaster relief.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes say 救灾民 to mean save disaster victims, but 救灾 already contains its object, so say 帮助灾民 (bāngzhù zāimín) or just 救灾. Also keep 救灾 (helping after a disaster) separate from 受灾 (shòuzāi), which means being hit by the disaster.
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救 jiù · to save · 11 strokes
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灾 zāi · disaster · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 救灾.
| 灾难 | zāinàn | disaster; catastrophe |
| 火灾 | huǒzāi | serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) |
| 抢救 | qiǎngjiù | to rescue |
| 灾害 | zāihài | calamity; disaster |
| 受灾 | shòuzāi | disaster-stricken; to be hit by a natural calamity |
| 水灾 | shuǐzāi | flood; flood damage |
| 灾区 | zāiqū | disaster area; stricken region |
| 救命 | jiùmìng | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help! |
| 救援 | jiùyuán | to save; to support |
| 急救 | jíjiù | to give emergency treatment; first aid |
| 救助 | jiùzhù | to help sb in trouble; aid |
| 拯救 | zhěngjiù | to save; to rescue |
Questions about 救灾
What does 救灾 mean?
救灾 (jiùzāi) means "to relieve disaster; to help disaster victims".
How do you write 救灾?
救灾 is made of 2 characters: 救 (11 strokes), 灾 (7 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.
Is 救灾 an HSK word?
Yes. 救灾 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 救灾 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 救灾 is written 救災.
What is the difference between 救灾 and 抢救?
救灾 is broad relief work for a whole disaster, such as sending food and rebuilding. 抢救 (qiǎngjiù) means an urgent rescue of a specific person or thing, like saving a patient's life or rescuing valuables from a fire.
Can I put an object after 救灾?
Usually not, because 救灾 is already verb plus object. Instead, name the place or task around it, for example 去四川救灾 (qù Sìchuān jiùzāi, go to Sichuan for disaster relief) or 参加救灾工作 (cānjiā jiùzāi gōngzuò, take part in relief work).