打救

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	to save; to assist; to rescue
simp. and trad. (打救)		打	救

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎjiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² gau³
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tan-cieu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎjiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎjiòu
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-chiu⁴
    • Yale: dǎ-jyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daajiow
    • Palladius: дацзю (daczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² gau³
    • Yale: dá gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² geo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ kɐu̯³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tan-cieu
    • MiniDict: tan^去 cieu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tan-jieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tã³³ t͡ɕiɤ⁴⁴/

Verb

打救

1. to save; to rescue

Etymology 2

Pun on the near-homophone 打鳩 (daa² gau¹, “to fucking hit”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² gau³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² gau³
    • Yale: dá gau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² gau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² geo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ kɐu̯³³/

Verb

打救

1. (Cantonese, euphemistic) to hit; to beat up
   • 1992, Fight Back to School II, spoken by Chow Sing Sing (Stephen Chow):

     哦，呢啲小事啫。至於神打唔打救我都遲啲先講，但係我而家就想即刻打救你。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     哦，呢啲小事啫。至于神打唔打救我都迟啲先讲，但系我而家就想即刻打救你。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo³, ni¹ di¹ siu² si⁶ ze¹. zi³ jyu¹ san⁴ daa² m⁴ daa² gau³ ngo⁵ dou¹ ci⁴ di¹ sin¹ gong², daan⁶ hai⁶ ngo⁵ ji⁴ gaa¹ zau⁶ soeng² zik¹ hak¹ daa² gau³ nei⁵. [Jyutping]

     Oh, that's just something trivial. Whether or not God saves me is also something for another day, but I want to hit you right now.

   • 2002, “YYYY”, in Davy (lyrics), Davy, Prodip, Jimmy, Mc Yan, Wah, Kit, and Phat (music), 《嘻武門》 [Crazy Children]‎^[1], performed by LMF:

     做錯o野剩係識得搵藉口　我要打救你條友　塞住你地把口 [Cantonese, trad.]
     做错o野剩系识得揾借口　我要打救你条友　塞住你地把口 [Cantonese, simp.]

     zou⁶ co³ je⁵ zing⁶ hai⁶ sik¹ dak¹ wan² zik⁶ hau², ngo⁵ jiu³ daa² gau³ nei⁵ tiu⁴ jau^5-2, sak¹ zyu⁶ nei⁵ dei⁶ baa² hau² [Jyutping]

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   • 2009, “Do You Know Me”, in Kit, Phat, Ghost Style, Drunk, JBS (lyrics), Dorjuk (music), Bring It On‎^[2]:

     你小心你喺度引火自焚　從今以後打救你係我哋責任 [Cantonese, trad.]
     你小心你喺度引火自焚　从今以后打救你系我哋责任 [Cantonese, simp.]

     nei⁵ siu² sam¹ nei⁵ hai² dou⁶ jan⁵ fo² zi⁶ fan⁴, cung⁴ gam¹ ji⁵ hau⁶ daa² gau³ nei⁵ hai⁶ ngo⁵ dei⁶ zaak³ jam⁶ [Jyutping]

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   • 2017, 羅尚沛, “阿爺好難做”, in 《港股策略王》 [Strategist], number 121, →ISSN, page 51:

     好心呢班BB咁多年學吓自己用腳行啦，成日喊晒怨天怨地，阿爺唔慌唔打救，重要恨恨地打救你。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     好心呢班BB咁多年学吓自己用脚行啦，成日喊晒怨天怨地，阿爷唔慌唔打救，重要恨恨地打救你。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     hou² sam¹ ni¹ baan¹ bi⁴ bi¹ gam³ do¹ nin⁴ hok⁶ haa⁵ zi⁶ gei² jung⁶ goek³ haang⁴ laa¹, seng⁴ jat⁶ haam³ saai³ jyun³ tin¹ jyun³ dei⁶, aa³ je⁴ m⁴ fong¹ m⁴ daa² gau³, zung⁶ jiu³ han² han² dei⁶ daa² gau³ nei⁵. [Jyutping]

     For goodness' sake, after all these years, these babies should learn to walk on their own feet; they cry and complain all day. "Grandpa" [the PRC government] will certainly "save" you; he'll ruthlessly "save" you [beat you up].