歸依

Chinese

		to go back; to return	according to; depend on; near to according to; depend on; near to; (Eastern Min) kinship prefix
trad. (歸依)		歸	依
simp. (归依)		归	依
anagram		依歸／依归

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guīyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ ji¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kui-i

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guīyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gueiyi
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹-i¹
    • Yale: gwēi-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueii
    • Palladius: гуйи (guji)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai¹ ji¹
    • Yale: gwāi yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ ji¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ yi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui-i
    • Tâi-lô: kui-i
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kui'y
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³ i³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kjw+j 'j+j

Rime
Character	歸	依
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	舉韋切	於希切
Baxter	kjw+j	'j+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʉi/	/ʔɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɨi/	/ʔɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuəi/	/ʔiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuj/	/ʔɨj/
Li Rong	/kiuəi/	/ʔiəi/
Wang Li	/kĭwəi/	/ĭəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwe̯i/	/ʔe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guī	yī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai1	ji1

Verb

歸依

1. (religion) Original form of 皈依 (guīyī, “to be converted to”).
2. (literary) to rely on

Synonyms

• (to rely on):

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• 仗恃 (zhàngshì) (literary, chiefly derogatory)
• 仰仗 (yǎngzhàng)
• 仰賴／仰赖 (yǎnglài)
• 依 (yī)
• 依仗 (yīzhàng)
• 依倚 (Hokkien)
• 依恃 (yīshì) (literary)
• 依歸／依归 (yīguī) (literary)
• 依託／依托 (yītuō)
• 依賴／依赖 (yīlài)
• 依附 (yīfù)
• 依靠 (yīkào)
• 倚仗 (yǐzhàng)
• 倚倚 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 借助 (jièzhù)
• 倚賴／倚赖 (yǐlài)
• 倚靠 (yǐkào)
• 寄 (jì)
• 展品棒 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 怙恃 (hùshì) (literary)
• 憑／凭 (píng)
• 憑仗／凭仗 (píngzhàng)
• 憑依／凭依 (píngyī)
• 憑借／凭借 (píngjiè)
• 憑恃／凭恃 (píngshì)
• 憑靠／凭靠 (píngkào)
• 指 (zhǐ)
• 據／据
• 聊 (liáo) (formal)
• 賴／赖 (lài) (literary, or in compounds only)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (歸依):

• → Japanese: 帰依(きえ) (kie)
• → Korean: 귀의(歸依) (gwiui)
• → Vietnamese: quy y (歸依)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
歸	依

Noun

歸依

1. chữ Hán form of quy y (“taking refuge”).