依託

Chinese

		according to; depend on; near to according to; depend on; near to; (Eastern Min) kinship prefix	entrust
trad. (依託/依托)		依	託/托
simp. (依托)		依	托

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yītuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄊㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ tok³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): i¹ toh⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yītuō
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄊㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yituo
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-tʻo¹
    • Yale: yī-twō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ituo
    • Palladius: ито (ito)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ tok³
    • Yale: yī tok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ tok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ tog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ tʰɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: i¹ toh⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: i thoh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³³⁻²³ tʰoʔ²/

Verb

依託

1. to rely on; to depend on
2. to keep up a pretence

Synonyms

• (to rely on):

• 仗恃 (zhàngshì) (literary, chiefly derogatory)
• 仰仗 (yǎngzhàng)
• 仰賴／仰赖 (yǎnglài)
• 依 (yī)
• 依仗 (yīzhàng)
• 依倚 (Hokkien)
• 依恃 (yīshì) (literary)
• 依歸／依归 (yīguī) (literary)
• 依賴／依赖 (yīlài)
• 依附 (yīfù)
• 依靠 (yīkào)
• 倚仗 (yǐzhàng)
• 倚倚 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 借助 (jièzhù)
• 倚賴／倚赖 (yǐlài)
• 倚靠 (yǐkào)
• 寄 (jì)
• 展品棒 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 怙恃 (hùshì) (literary)
• 憑／凭 (píng)
• 憑仗／凭仗 (píngzhàng)
• 憑依／凭依 (píngyī)
• 憑借／凭借 (píngjiè)
• 憑恃／凭恃 (píngshì)
• 憑靠／凭靠 (píngkào)
• 指 (zhǐ)
• 據／据
• 歸依／归依 (guīyī) (literary)
• 聊 (liáo) (formal)
• 賴／赖 (lài) (literary, or in compounds only)

 

Noun

依託

1. someone or something to rely on

Synonyms

• 憑借／凭借 (píngjiè)
• 依靠 (yīkào)
• 著落／着落 (zhuóluò)