倚靠

Chinese

		to lean on; rely upon	depend upon; lean on; near depend upon; lean on; near; by; against; to support
trad. (倚靠)		倚	靠
simp. #(倚靠)		倚	靠
alternative forms		偎靠 (óa-khò; -khò͘) Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐkào

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄎㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji² kaau³
• Eastern Min (BUC): āi-*kó̤
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óa-khò / óa-khò͘ / í-khò / í-khò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐkào
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄎㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐkào
    • Wade–Giles: i³-kʻao⁴
    • Yale: yǐ-kàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiikaw
    • Palladius: икао (ikao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji² kaau³
    • Yale: yí kaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji² kaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi² kao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³⁵ kʰaːu̯³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: āi-*kó̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ai³³⁻⁵⁵ kʰɔ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óa-khò
    • Tâi-lô: uá-khò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafqoix
    • IPA (Taipei): /ua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰɤ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óa-khò͘
    • Tâi-lô: uá-khòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oafqox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-khò
    • Tâi-lô: í-khò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: y'qoix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-khò͘
    • Tâi-lô: í-khòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: y'qox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰɔ⁴¹/

Verb

倚靠

1. to lean on or against; to rest on or against
2. to rely on; to depend on

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)
• 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

倚靠

1. support; something or someone to rely on