yī
依 (yī) is a Chinese word meaning “to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to”.
Meanings
- 1to depend on
- 2to comply with or listen to sb
- 3according to
- 4in the light of
- Part of speech
- verb, preposition
Related words
依然still; as before依靠to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on依赖to depend on; to be dependent on依旧as before; still依据according to依照according to; in light of依我看in my opinion依法legal (proceedings)皈依to convert to (a religion)依次in order相依为命mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival依偎to nestle against