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依靠 yīkào

依靠 yīkào Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 依靠 yīkào .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yīkào | yi1 kao4
English translation
to rely on sth (for support etc)
to depend on

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Traditional form

依靠 yīkào

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Come for Peace. Stay for Wisdom.

Etymology of 依靠 yīkào

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

rén

Positional decomposition

亻衣

Number of Strokes

8
kào

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Fēi represents the meaning and gào represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

gào

Semantic compound

Fēi

Positional decomposition

告非

Number of Strokes

15

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Example sentences using 依靠 yīkào

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zhè zhǐ Xióng 依靠 yīkào 这棵 shù de 树叶 shù yè 生存 shēngcún .

This bear feeds off the leaves of the tree.

shì ,吸吮 xī shǔn shì 仅仅 jǐn jǐn 依靠 yīkào 毛细 máo xì de 一种 yī zhǒng .

Imbibition is thus displacement due only to capillary forces.

约翰 Yuē hàn Hòu ,在精神上依靠 yīkào 宗教 zōngjiào 信仰 xìnyǎng 支撑 zhīchēng zhù 自己 zìjǐ .

Her religion was a crutch to her when John died.

品种 pǐnzhǒng 发展 fāzhǎn 也许 yěxǔ 最终 zuì zhōng jiāng gēng duō de 依靠 yīkào 非专业 de táo 育种 yù zhǒng 工作者 gōng zuò zhě .

Cultivar development may come to rely more upon the non - institutional peach breeders.

不得不 bùdébù 依靠 yīkào hěn shǎo de 工资 gōngzī 养活 yǎng huo 一家 yī jiā rén .

He has to maintain a large family on a small salary.

依靠 yīkào Decomposition

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依靠 yīkào Compounds

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