Dictionary › 依据

依据

yī jù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 依據

依据 (yī jù) means "according to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 依据 means

1. according to
2. basis
3. foundation

How 依据 is used in grammar

依据 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Basis Prepositions: 凭、依据、依照 (HSK 5)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 5, prepositions (引出凭借、依据).

The characters in 依据

• 依yīto depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to
• 据jùaccording to; to act in accordance with; to depend on

Example sentences

• 我的演讲稿就是依据这个理论写的。
  Wǒ de yǎnjiǎng gǎo jiùshì yījù zhège lǐlùn xiě de.
  This is the ideology to which my speech is written.
• 每一个人对事情的看法不同是依据他们是富有还是贫穷。
  Měi yīgèrén duì shìqing de kànfǎ bù tóng shì yījù tāmen shì fùyǒu háishi pínqióng.
  A person views things differently according to whether they are rich or poor.

Sounds the same

Read yī jù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 一句a line of verse; a sentence

Where 依据 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yī (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yī jù correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.