投靠

Chinese

		to throw; to send	depend upon; lean on; near depend upon; lean on; near; by; against; to support
trad. (投靠)		投	靠
simp. #(投靠)		投	靠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóukào

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄎㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ kaau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thèu-kho
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tâu-khò / tiô-khó͘ / tâu-khó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóukào
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄎㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóukào
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou²-kʻao⁴
    • Yale: tóu-kàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourkaw
    • Palladius: тоукао (toukao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau⁴ kaau³
    • Yale: tàuh kaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ kaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo⁴ kao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ kʰaːu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu-kho
    • Hakka Romanization System: teu^ˇ ko
    • Hagfa Pinyim: teu² ko⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰeu̯¹¹ kʰo⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-khò
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-khò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dau'qoix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tau²³⁻³³ kʰɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tau¹³⁻²² kʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tau²⁴⁻²² kʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tau²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰo¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiô-khó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tiô-khóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dioi'qor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tio²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-khó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tâu-khóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dau'qor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tau²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

投靠

1. to rely on help from somebody; to seek refuge with somebody