依歸

Chinese

		according to; depend on; near to according to; depend on; near to; (Eastern Min) kinship prefix	to go back; to return
trad. (依歸)		依	歸
simp. (依归)		依	归
anagram		歸依／归依

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīguī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄍㄨㄟ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): i-kui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīguī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiguei
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-kuei¹
    • Yale: yī-gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iguei
    • Palladius: игуй (iguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i-kui
    • Tâi-lô: i-kui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: i'kuy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i³³ kui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/

Verb

依歸

1. (literary) to rely on; to depend on

Synonyms

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• 仗恃 (zhàngshì) (literary, chiefly derogatory)
• 仰仗 (yǎngzhàng)
• 仰賴 / 仰赖 (yǎnglài)
• 依 (yī)
• 依仗 (yīzhàng)
• 依倚 (Hokkien)
• 依恃 (yīshì) (literary)
• 依託 / 依托 (yītuō)
• 依賴 / 依赖 (yīlài)
• 依附 (yīfù)
• 依靠 (yīkào)
• 倚仗 (yǐzhàng)
• 倚倚 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 借助 (jièzhù)
• 倚賴 / 倚赖 (yǐlài)
• 倚靠 (yǐkào)
• 寄 (jì)
• 展品棒 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 怙恃 (hùshì) (literary)
• 憑 / 凭 (píng)
• 憑仗 / 凭仗 (píngzhàng)
• 憑依 / 凭依 (píngyī)
• 憑借 / 凭借 (píngjiè)
• 憑恃 / 凭恃 (píngshì)
• 憑靠 / 凭靠 (píngkào)
• 指 (zhǐ)
• 據 / 据
• 歸依 / 归依 (guīyī) (literary)
• 聊 (liáo) (formal)
• 賴 / 赖 (lài) (literary, or in compounds only)

 

Noun

依歸

1. (literary) starting point and destination