依法

Chinese

		according to; depend on; near to according to; depend on; near to; (Eastern Min) kinship prefix	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (依法)		依	法

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ faat³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): i-hoat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): i¹ huag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīfǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yifǎ
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-fa³
    • Yale: yī-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifaa
    • Palladius: ифа (ifa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ faat³
    • Yale: yī faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ faːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: i-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: i'hoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i³³ huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: i¹ huag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: i huak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³³⁻²³ huak̚²/

Adverb

依法

1. (law) according to law; in accordance with the law

   依法治國／依法治国  ―  yīfǎ zhìguó  ―  law-based governance

   依法行政  ―  yīfǎ xíngzhèng  ―  law-based administration of government

   依法追究刑事責任 [MSC, trad.]
   依法追究刑事责任 [MSC, simp.]

   yīfǎ zhuījiū xíngshì zérèn [Pinyin]

   to investigate criminal liability according to law

   依法進入破產程序 [MSC, trad.]
   依法进入破产程序 [MSC, simp.]

   yīfǎ jìnrù pòchǎn chéngxù [Pinyin]

   to initiate bankruptcy proceedings in accordance with the law

2. following fixed rules

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