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依赖

yī lài

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 依賴

依赖 (yī lài) means "to depend on". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 依赖 means

1. to depend on; to be dependent on

The characters in 依赖

• 依yīto depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to
• 赖làito depend on; to hang on in a place; bad

Example sentences

• 别老依赖别人。
  Don't rely too much on others.
• 世界依赖台湾。
  The world depends on Taiwan.
• 京都依赖旅游业。
  Jīngdū yīlài lǚyóuyè.
  Kyoto depends on the tourist industry.
• 你太依赖别人了。
  You depend too much on others.
• 不要太依赖别人。
  Never rely too much upon others.
• 日本依赖进口原料。
  Japan depends on imports for raw materials.

Words starting with 依赖

• 依赖注入yī lài zhù rù(software engineering) dependency injection

Words containing 依赖

• 城市依赖症chéng shì yī lài zhèng"urban dependence disease"…

Where 依赖 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 lài correctly.
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