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kào

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kào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kào | kao4
English translation
to lean against or on
to stand by the side of
to come near to
to depend on
to trust
to fuck (vulgar)
traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
nearby; to depend on, to lean on, to trust

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About kào

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

kào

Contains the radical

Fēi

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

people back-to-back

Etymology of kào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

告非

Semantic compound

Fēi

Phonetic compound

gào

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using kào

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只好 zhǐhǎo 靠着 Jiào 夜校 yè xiào de 收入 shōurù jiāng jiù 度日 dù rì .

He will have made do with his take from the night school.

ér 春宝 què kào zài zào biān 起来 qǐlai le .

Chun Bao , standing beside the stove, started crying.

丢失 diū shī 数据 shùjù de 内存 nèi cún 硬盘 yìng pán de 成本 chéngběn guì le 很多,可靠 kěkào de 宽带 kuān dài 网络 Wǎngluò 更加 gèng jiā 昂贵 ángguì .

Nonvolatile solid - state memory is a lot more expensive than disk drives are.

kào zhè 交易 jiāoyì zhuàn le 5 Bǎi 美元 Měi yuán .

He gained 500 dollars by this deal.

卡罗 kào zài 椅背 yǐ bèi shǎng ,感激涕 líng , Mǎn miàn Hóng guāng .

Carlo leaned back , his face flushed with gratification.

Words with kào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
kào to trust kào
靠近 kào jìn near靠近 kào jìn
依靠 yīkào to depend on依靠 yīkào
可靠 kěkào reliable可靠 kěkào
靠边 kào biān to pull over靠邊
可靠性 kě kào xìng reliability可靠性 kě kào xìng
停靠 tíng kào to call at停靠 tíng kào
投靠 tóu kào to rely on help from sb投靠 tóu kào
靠拢 kàolǒng to draw close to靠攏
靠不住 kào bu zhù unreliable靠不住 kào bu zhù
靠岸 kào àn landfall靠岸 kào àn
靠山 kào shān patron靠山 kào shān
挂靠 guà kào affiliation掛靠
靠得住 kào de zhù reliable靠得住 kào de zhù
倚靠 yǐ kào to lean on倚靠 yǐ kào
牢靠 láo kào robust牢靠 láo kào
背靠背 bèi kào bèi back to back背靠背 bèi kào bèi
不可靠 bù kě kào unreliable不可靠 bù kě kào
无依无靠 wú yī wú kào orphaned無依無靠
凭靠 píng kào to use憑靠

kào Decomposition & Compounds

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kào Decomposition

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