靠 kào

1. kào verb to depend upon
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '靠'; Guoyu '靠' v 4; Kroll 2015 '靠' 1, p. 328; Unihan '靠')
2. kào verb to lean on
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '靠'; Guoyu '靠' v 2; Kroll 2015 '靠' 1, p. 328; Unihan '靠')
3. kào verb to trust
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '靠'; Guoyu '靠' v 5; Unihan '靠')
4. kào verb to be near
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '靠' 2, p. 328; Unihan '靠')
5. kào verb back-to-back
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '靠' v 1; Kroll 2015 '靠' 2a, p. 328)
6. kào verb to anchor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '靠' v 6)
7. kào verb military costume
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Worn in traditional theater (CC-CEDICt '靠'; Guoyu '靠' n)

Contained in

• 投靠 to rely on help from ; to seek help [from somebody with power]
• 停靠港 port of call
• 信靠 trust
• 我靠 bosh!; crap!
• 靠近 to be near; to approach
• 革命要依靠人民群众(革命要依靠人民群眾) the revolution must rely on the masses
• 靠得住 reliable
• 紧靠(緊靠) to lean closely against; to closely rely on
• 可靠性 reliability
• 挨靠 to rely on
• 不可靠 unreliable
• 靠岸 (of a boat) to reach the shore; to pull toward shore; close to shore; landfall
• 靠山吃山，靠水吃水 the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea; to make the best use of local resources; to exploit one's position to advance oneself; to find one's niche
• 停靠 to call at; to stop at; berth
• 靠边(靠邊) to keep to the side; to pull over; move aside!
• 牢靠 firm and solid; robust; reliable
• 靠走道 on the aisle (referring to seats on a plane etc)
• 挤靠(擠靠) to squeeze into a crowd
• 依靠 to rely on; to depend on
• 牢靠妥当(牢靠妥當) reliable; solid and dependable
• 靠走廊 next to the aisle; aisle (seat on aircraft)
• 可靠 reliable ; believable
• 无靠无依(無靠無依) no one to rely on
• 在家靠父母，出外靠朋友 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home
• 靠拢(靠攏) to draw close to
• 凭靠(憑靠) to use; to rely on; by means of
• 靠窗 by the window
• 无依无靠(無依無靠) no one to rely on
• 靠窗座位 window seat
• 斜靠 to recline
• 靠谱(靠譜) reliable
• 挂靠(掛靠) to be affiliated with; to operate under the wing of; affiliation
• 靠北 to cry over one's dad's death; to rattle on; to carp; stop whining!; shut the hell up!; fuck!
• 在家靠父母，出门靠朋友(在家靠父母，出門靠朋友) one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home
• 停靠站 bus or tram stop; intermediate stop (on route of ship, plane etc); port of call; stopover
• 靠腰 to cry from hunger (from Taiwanese 哭枵, Tai-lo pr. ); to whine; shut the hell up!; fuck!; damn!
• 靠背 a backrest
• 靠背椅 high-back chair
• 靠山 patron; supporter; close to a mountain
• 哇靠 I cry!; Oh, bosh!; Shoot!
• 六亲无靠(六親無靠) orphaned of all one's immediate relatives; no one to rely on; left to one's own devices
• 倚靠 to lean on; to rest against; to rely on; support; backing; back of a chair
• 靠不住 unreliable
• 背靠背 back-to-back

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷六十五 志第四十一 輿服一 Volume 65 Treatises 41: Carriages and Clothing 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 5
• 第三十六回 Chapter 36 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 5
• 第五十二回 Chapter 52 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 3
• 第二十四回 Chapter 24 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
• 第二回 Chapter 109 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
• 第二回 Chapter 63 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
• 第二回 Chapter 65 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
• 第二回 Chapter 6 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
• 第一百十四回 Chapter 114 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 2
• 第八十九回 Chapter 89 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2

Collocations

• 全靠 (全靠) 全靠嫂嫂做主看覷他 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十四回 Chapter 24 — count: 11
• 靠坐 (靠坐) 椅中黃織金椅靠坐褥 — History of Ming 明史, 卷六十五 志第四十一 輿服一 Volume 65 Treatises 41: Carriages and Clothing 1 — count: 4
• 绮靠 (綺靠) 椅內黃織金綺靠坐褥 — History of Ming 明史, 卷六十五 志第四十一 輿服一 Volume 65 Treatises 41: Carriages and Clothing 1 — count: 3
• 专靠 (專靠) 專靠黃 — History of Ming 明史, 卷三十 志第六 五行三 Volume 30 Treatises 6: Five Elements 3 — count: 3
• 靠湖 (靠湖) 遠遠望見枕溪靠湖一箇酒店 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十一回 Chapter 11 — count: 3
• 靠后 (靠後) 家中官事且靠後 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三十五回 Chapter 35 — count: 3
• 后靠 (後靠) 後靠溪岡 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二回 Chapter 2 — count: 3
• 靠溪 (靠溪) 後靠溪岡 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二回 Chapter 2 — count: 2
• 一边靠 (一邊靠) 一邊靠著潯陽江 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三十八回 Chapter 38 — count: 2
• 靠使 (靠使) 子孫靠使鎗棒賣藥度日 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三十七回 Chapter 37 — count: 2