救活

jiùhuó

verb #9,708

Meanings

Rescue + alive - to rescue someone back to life.

HSK 3

医生把他救活了。

Yīshēng bǎ tā jiùhuó le.

The doctor saved his life.

HSK 4

这棵树还能救活吗？

Zhè kē shù hái néng jiùhuó ma?

Can this tree still be saved?

HSK 7-9

多亏了急救人员，把溺水的孩子救活了。

Duōkuī le jíjiù rényuán, bǎ nìshuǐ de háizi jiùhuó le.

Thanks to the paramedics, they revived the drowning child.

grammar

救活 is a result complement structure: 救 (to rescue) + 活 (alive) = 'rescue to the point of being alive.' Compare: 救不活 (unable to save/revive).

救 jiù

活 huó