牢靠

Chinese

		firm; fast	depend upon; lean on; near depend upon; lean on; near; by; against; to support
trad. (牢靠)		牢	靠
simp. #(牢靠)		牢	靠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láokào

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄎㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ kaau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): láu-khò͘ / lô-khò
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶lau-khau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láokào → láokao (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄎㄠˋ → ㄌㄠˊ ˙ㄎㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láokåo
    • Wade–Giles: lao²-kʻao⁵
    • Yale: láu-kau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lau.kaw
    • Palladius: лаокао (laokao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/ → /lɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰɑʊ̯³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴ kaau³
    • Yale: lòuh kaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ kaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ kao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ kʰaːu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-khò͘
    • Tâi-lô: láu-khòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: law'qox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-khò
    • Tâi-lô: lô-khò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loi'qoix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² kʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² kʰo²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶lau-khau
    • MiniDict: lau^去 khau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-khau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² kʰɔ⁴⁴/

Adjective

牢靠

1. firm; strong; sturdy; stable
2. dependable; reliable

Synonyms

• (firm):

• 堅固／坚固 (jiāngù)
• 堅實／坚实 (jiānshí)
• 堅硬／坚硬 (jiānyìng)
• 扎實
• 深厚 (shēnhòu) (figurative, of foundations)
• 牢 (láo)
• 牢固 (láogù)
• 牢牢 (láoláo)
• 瓷 (cí)
• 穩固／稳固 (wěngù)
• 結實／结实
• 緊實／紧实 (jǐnshí)
• 鞏／巩 (gǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 鞏固／巩固 (gǒnggù)

 

• (dependable):

• 信實／信实 (xìnshí)
• 保險／保险 (bǎoxiǎn)
• 停 (tíng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 可恃 (kěshì) (literary)
• 可靠 (kěkào)
• 把牢 (bǎláo) (regional, chiefly in the negative)
• 把穩／把稳 (bǎwěn) (regional)
• 牢 (láo)
• 牢牢 (láoláo)
• 穩妥／稳妥 (wěntuǒ)
• 穩當／稳当
• 穩陣／稳阵 (wan2 zan6) (Cantonese)