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依靠

yī kào

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

依靠 (yī kào) means "to rely on sth (for support etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 依靠 means

1. to rely on; to depend on

The characters in 依靠

• 依yīto depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to
• 靠kàoto lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to

Example sentences

• 你可以依靠他。
  You can rely on him.
• 你可以依靠它。
  You can count on it.
• 我们得依靠自己。
  We're on our own.
• 日本的石油依靠进口。
  Japan depends on other countries for oil.
• 我没什幺可依靠的了。
  I have nothing to fall back on.
• 我的老婆孩子都依靠我。
  My wife and children depend on me.

Where 依靠 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 kào correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.