救治

• Pinyin: jiù zhì
• Hanzi breakdown: 救 = 求 (seek) + 攴 (action) — to save; 治 = 氵(water) + 台 (phonetic) — to cure, to treat

Meaning

To treat and save; to provide emergency medical treatment (with intent to cure).

Combines rescue and medical treatment — used when describing urgent or intensive medical care that saves lives. Common in news reports, medical discourse, and disaster coverage. Implies both urgency and active intervention. Typically collocates with 伤员 (wounded), 患者 (patient), 病人 (sick person), and modifiers like 及时 (timely) or 全力 (with full effort).

Examples

1. 医疗队连夜对伤员进行救治，成功挽救了十余名重伤患者的生命。 The medical team treated the wounded through the night and successfully saved the lives of more than ten critically injured patients.
2. 这名矿工被困井下七十二小时后获救，经医院全力救治，已脱离危险。 After being trapped underground for seventy-two hours, the miner was rescued; following intensive hospital treatment, he is now out of danger.
3. 野外急救培训让更多人掌握了在专业救援抵达前救治伤者的基本技能。 Wilderness first-aid training has enabled more people to acquire the basic skills to treat the injured before professional rescue teams arrive.

Usage Guide

Context: medicine, emergency, disaster relief, news

Tone: serious

Do Say

• 医生正在全力救治重伤的病人。(The doctors are doing everything they can to treat the critically wounded patient.)
• 经过及时救治，患者转危为安，家属悬着的心终于放下了。(After receiving timely treatment, the patient pulled through, and the family could finally breathe again.)

Don't Say

• 我感冒了，去救治一下吧。(救治 implies urgent, life-saving medical intervention — for minor everyday ailments, use 看病、治疗 or 就医 instead)

Origin & History

救 (to rescue, to save) + 治 (to cure, to treat). Together: to rescue through medical intervention. A formal compound used in emergency and clinical contexts since classical Chinese.

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal