可靠

Chinese

		can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	depend upon; lean on; near depend upon; lean on; near; by; against; to support
trad. (可靠)		可	靠
simp. #(可靠)		可	靠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kěkào

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄠˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ho² kaau³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ho² keu¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khó-kho
• Eastern Min (BUC): kō̤-kó̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khó-khò / khóⁿ-khò

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ko² gou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kěkào
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kěkào
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³-kʻao⁴
    • Yale: kě-kàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: keekaw
    • Palladius: кэкао (kɛkao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho² kaau³
    • Yale: hó kaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho² kaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho² kao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵ kʰaːu̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ho² keu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hᵘɔ⁵⁵ kʰeu³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khó-kho
    • Hakka Romanization System: ko` ko
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ko³ ko⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰo³¹ kʰo⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kō̤-kó̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(kʰ-)ɔ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-khò
    • Tâi-lô: khó-khò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoy'qoix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóⁿ-khò
    • Tâi-lô: khónn-khò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvofqoix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰo⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ko² gou⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khó kŏu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰo⁵²⁻³⁵ kou³⁵/

Adjective

可靠

1. dependable; reliable

   竭力提供準確而可靠的資訊 [MSC, trad.]
   竭力提供准确而可靠的资讯 [MSC, simp.]

   jiélì tígōng zhǔnquè ér kěkào de zīxùn [Pinyin]

   to strive to provide accurate and reliable information

Synonyms

• 信實／信实 (xìnshí)
• 保險／保险 (bǎoxiǎn)
• 停 (tíng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 可恃 (kěshì) (literary)
• 把牢 (bǎláo) (regional, chiefly in the negative)
• 把穩／把稳 (bǎwěn) (regional)
• 牢 (láo)
• 牢牢 (láoláo)
• 牢靠 (láokào)
• 穩妥／稳妥 (wěntuǒ)
• 穩當／稳当
• 穩陣／稳阵 (wan2 zan6) (Cantonese)

 

Derived terms

• 可靠性 (kěkàoxìng)