救生圈

Chinese

		to save a life; life-saving	circle; ring; loop circle; ring; loop; to confine; enclose; pen (pig); a fold
simp. and trad. (救生圈)		救生	圈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiùshēngquān

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄥㄑㄩㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³ saang¹ hyun¹, gau³ sang¹ hyun¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiu-sên-khiên / kiu-sên-khiân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiùshēngquān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄥㄑㄩㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowshengchiuan
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau³ saang¹ hyun¹, gau³ sang¹ hyun¹
  - Yale: gau sāang hyūn, gau sāng hyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau³ saang¹ hyn¹, gau³ sang¹ hyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo³ sang¹ hün¹, geo³ seng¹ hün¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³ sɑːŋ⁵⁵ hyːn⁵⁵/, /kɐu̯³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵ hyːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiu-sên-khiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: giu sen´ kien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giu⁴ sen¹ kian¹
  - IPA: /ki̯u⁵⁵ sen²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiu-sên-khiân
  - Hakka Romanization System: giu sen´ kian´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giu⁴ sen¹ kian¹
  - IPA: /ki̯u⁵⁵ sen²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi̯an²⁴/

Noun

救生圈

life-buoy; life preserver
(slang) fat around one's midsection; spare tire

See also

救生衣 (jiùshēngyī)

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