靠

kàoㄎㄠˋ

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HSK 2 TOCFL 7

Meaning

Meanings

1
to lean against or on
2
to stand by the side of
3
to come near to
4
to depend on
5
to trust
6
to fuck (vulgar)
7
traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)

Examples

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到了最後，大家一定要靠自己學習。

Everyone must learn on their own in the end.

日本靠阿拉伯国家提供石油。

日本靠阿拉伯國家提供石油。

Japan relies on Arab countries for oil.

我并不反对你出去工作，可是小孩靠谁来照看呢？

我並不反對你出去工作，可是小孩靠誰來照看呢？

I don't object to your going out to work, but who will look after the children?

靠！瑞士的火车什么都有！

靠！瑞士的火車什麼都有！

Damn! Swiss trains have everything!

靠你的收入你不能過活嗎?

Can't you get by on your salary?

Grammar

Grammar using 靠

靠

Kao By Means Of (靠) · B1 · TOCFL b1

Lesson coming later

靠…起家

Kao Qijia (靠…起家) · C1 · TOCFL c1

Lesson coming later

Characters

Character breakdown

告

gào

(bound form) to say; to tell

非

fēi

abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa

Related: 靠

依靠

yī kào

to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on

可靠

kě kào

reliable

靠近

kào jìn

to be close to

Stroke practice

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Characters

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