依賴

See also: 依頼

Chinese

		according to; depend on; near to according to; depend on; near to; (Eastern Min) kinship prefix	disclaim; rely; to blame
trad. (依賴)		依	賴
simp. (依赖)		依	赖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīlài

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄌㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ laai⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): i-lāi / i-nāi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): i¹ nai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīlài
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄌㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yilài
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-lai⁴
    • Yale: yī-lài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ilay
    • Palladius: илай (ilaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ laai⁶
    • Yale: yī laaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ laai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ lai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ laːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i-lāi
    • Tâi-lô: i-lāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ilai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i³³ lai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i⁴⁴⁻²² lai²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ lai³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i-nāi
    • Tâi-lô: i-nāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: inai
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ nãi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁴⁴⁻²² nãi²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: i¹ nai⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: i năi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³³⁻²³ nai³⁵/

Verb

依賴

1. to rely on; to depend on
2. to be dependent on each other

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)
• 依託／依托 (yītuō)
• 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)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to rely on”): 獨立／独立 (dúlì)

Derived terms

• 依賴性／依赖性 (yīlàixìng)
• 依賴注入 (yīlài zhùrù)
• 函數依賴／函数依赖 (hánshù yīlài)

 

See also

• 信賴／信赖 (xìnlài)
• 信任 (xìnrèn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
依	賴
い Grade: S	らい Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

依(い)賴(らい) • (irai) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 依頼 (“request; dependence, reliance”)

Verb

依(い)賴(らい)する • (irai suru) suru (stem 依(い)賴(らい)し (irai shi), past 依(い)賴(らい)した (irai shita))

1. Kyūjitai form of 依頼 (“to request, to ask (someone to do); to depend, to entrust”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
依	賴

Noun

依賴 • (uiroe) (hangeul 의뢰)

1. Hanja form^? of 의뢰 (“request”).