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依据

yī jù

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 依據

What 依据 means

1. according to
2. basis
3. foundation

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