靠譜

See also: 靠谱

Chinese

		depend upon; lean on; near depend upon; lean on; near; by; against; to support	chart; list; score (music) chart; list; score (music); spectrum (maths) (phys.)
trad. (靠譜)		靠	譜
simp. (靠谱)		靠	谱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kàopǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄠˋ ㄆㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaau³ pou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kàopǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄠˋ ㄆㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kàopǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻao⁴-pʻu³
    • Yale: kàu-pǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kawpuu
    • Palladius: каопу (kaopu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ pʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (靠譜兒 / 靠谱儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kàopǔr
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄠˋ ㄆㄨˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kàopǔr
    • Wade–Giles: kʻao⁴-pʻu³-ʼrh
    • Yale: kàu-pǔr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kawpuul
    • Palladius: каопур (kaopur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ pʰuɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kaau³ pou²
    • Yale: kaau póu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaau³ pou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kao³ pou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaːu̯³³ pʰou̯³⁵/

Verb

靠譜

1. (of person) to be reliable; (of object or situation) to be reasonable

   這人真不靠譜。 [MSC, trad.]
   这人真不靠谱。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhèi rén zhēn bù kàopǔ. [Pinyin]

   This guy is so untrustworthy.

Related terms

• 離譜／离谱 (lípǔ)