依附

Chinese

		according to; depend on; near to according to; depend on; near to; (Eastern Min) kinship prefix	to add; to attach; to be close to to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached
simp. and trad. (依附)		依	附

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ fu⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): i-hù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yifù
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-fu⁴
    • Yale: yī-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifuh
    • Palladius: ифу (ifu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ fu⁶
    • Yale: yī fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ fuː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i-hù
    • Tâi-lô: i-hù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: i'hux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i⁴⁴⁻²² hu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i³³ hu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁴⁴⁻²² hu²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ hu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ hu²¹/

Verb

依附

1. to stick to; to adhere to
2. (figurative) to depend on; to attach (oneself) to

Synonyms

• (to stick to): (literary) 附麗／附丽 (fùlì), 附著／附着 (fùzhuó)
• (to depend 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)
• 依託／依托 (yītuō)
• 依賴／依赖 (yīlài)
• 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)