依 meaning in English

yī

to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb

HSK 7-9verbpreposition8 strokes

Meaning of 依

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yī
  1. to depend on
  2. to comply with or listen to sb
  3. according to
  4. in the light of

依 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

依yī我wǒ看kàn来lái,你nǐ错cuò了le。
In my opinion, you're wrong.
你nǐ依yī然rán爱ài汤tāng姆mǔ吗ma?
Do you still love Tom?
汤tāng姆mǔ虽suī然rán说shuō了le一yī套tào,但dàn依yī然rán怀huái疑yí玛mǎ丽lì。
Tom is suspicious of Mary even though he declares otherwise.
我wǒ们men依yī然rán在zài努nǔ力lì。
We still work on it.
我wǒ依yī然rán不bù关guān心xīn。
I still don't care.

Stroke order for each character

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依 yī · to depend on · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 依.

依然yīránstill; as before
依靠yīkàoto rely on; to depend on
依旧yījiùas before; still; to remain the same
依据yījùaccording to; basis
依照yīzhàoaccording to; in light of
依法yīfǎlegal (proceedings); according to law
依赖yīlàito depend on; to be dependent on
依次yīcìin order; in succession
相依为命xiāngyī-wéimìngmutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival; interdependent
依托yītuōto rely on; to depend on
依依不舍yīyī-bùshěreluctant to part (idiom); broken-hearted at having to leave
依我看yīwǒkànin my opinion

Questions about 依

What does 依 mean?

依 (yī) means "to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb" and is used as a verb and preposition.

How do you write 依?

依 is made of 1 character: 依 (8 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

Is 依 an HSK word?

Yes. 依 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.