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Definition 2024

投靠

投靠

Chinese

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

Verb

投靠

to rely on help from somebody

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tóukào

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡˊ ㄎㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tau⁴ kaau³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thèu-kho
Min Nan (POJ): tâu-khò / tiô-khó͘ / tâu-khó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tóukào
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡˊ ㄎㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tourkaw
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯³⁵ kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau⁴ kaau³
  - Yale: tàuh kaau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau⁴ kaau³
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯²¹ kʰɑːu̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thèu-kho
  - Hakka Romanization System: teuˇ ko
  - Hagfa Pinyim: teu² ko⁴
  - IPA: /tʰe̯u¹¹ kʰo⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-khò
  - Tâi-lô: tâu-khò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dau'qoix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /taʊ²⁴⁻²² kʰɤ²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /taʊ¹³⁻²² kʰɤ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /taʊ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰo¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /taʊ²³⁻³³ kʰɤ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiô-khó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tiô-khóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dioi'qor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɤ²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tâu-khó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tâu-khóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dau'qor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taʊ²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/