倚 yǐ to rely on
to rely on; to depend on; to lean on
怎么记住“倚”: 亻 person + 奇 strange = to rely on. After knee surgery the old person has only his strange purple cane, the one thing left to rely on.
部件结构
倚 = 亻 person + 奇 strange
- 亻 person
- 奇 strange
- 大 big
- 可 may
- 丁 nail
- 口 mouth
After knee surgery the old person has only his strange purple cane, the one thing left to rely on.
用法
- To lean on physically or to rely/bank on - 倚着墙 (yǐzhe qiáng) to lean against a wall, 倚靠 (yǐkào) to lean on/depend on.
- The 'rely' sense often carries an edge of leaning on power unfairly - 倚仗 (yǐzhàng) to rely on backing, 倚老卖老 to trade on one's seniority.
- More literary than 靠 (kào), which covers the same ground in everyday speech.