依靠

Chinese

		according to; depend on; near to according to; depend on; near to; (Eastern Min) kinship prefix	depend upon; lean on; near depend upon; lean on; near; by; against; to support
trad. (依靠)		依	靠
simp. #(依靠)		依	靠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīkào

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄎㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ kaau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yî-kho
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): i-khò͘ / i-khò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīkào
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄎㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yikào
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-kʻao⁴
    • Yale: yī-kàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ikaw
    • Palladius: икао (ikao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ kaau³
    • Yale: yī kaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ kaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ kao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ kʰaːu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî-kho
    • Hakka Romanization System: i^ˊ ko
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹ ko⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰo⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yî-kho
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)i^ˊ ko
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi¹ ko⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰo⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i-khò͘
    • Tâi-lô: i-khòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: i'qox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i³³ kʰɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i-khò
    • Tâi-lô: i-khò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: i'qoix
    • IPA (Taipei): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰo¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /i⁴⁴⁻²² kʰo²¹/

Verb

依靠

1. to rely on for support

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 依附 (yīfù)
• 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

(deprecated template usage) 依靠

1. support; something or someone to rely on

Synonyms

• 憑借／凭借 (píngjiè)
• 依託／依托 (yītuō)
• 著落／着落 (zhuóluò)

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