牢靠

Chinese edit

		firm; fast	depend upon; lean on; near depend upon; lean on; near; by; against; to support
trad. (牢靠)		牢	靠
simp. ^#(牢靠)		牢	靠

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láokào

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄎㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ kaau³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): láu-khò͘ / lô-khò
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶lau-khau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láokào → láokao (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄎㄠˋ → ㄌㄠˊ ˙ㄎㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láokåo
  - Wade–Giles: lao²-kʻao⁵
  - Yale: láu-kau
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lau.kaw
  - Palladius: лаокао (laokao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/ → /lɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰɑʊ̯³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁴ kaau³
  - Yale: lòuh kaau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ kaau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ kao³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ kʰaːu̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-khò͘
  - Tâi-lô: láu-khòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: law'qox
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lô-khò
  - Tâi-lô: lô-khò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loi'qoix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lo²⁴⁻²² kʰo²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo¹³⁻²² kʰo²¹/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶lau-khau
  - MiniDict: lau^去 khau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lau-khau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɔ²² kʰɔ⁴⁴/

Adjective edit

牢靠

firm; strong; sturdy; stable
dependable; reliable

Synonyms edit

(firm):

堅固／坚固 (jiāngù)
堅實／坚实 (jiānshí)
堅硬／坚硬 (jiānyìng)
扎實
深厚 (shēnhòu) (figurative, of foundations)
牢 (láo)
牢固 (láogù)
牢牢 (láoláo)
瓷 (cí)
穩固／稳固 (wěngù)
結實／结实
緊實／紧实 (jǐnshí)
鞏／巩 (gǒng) (literary, or in compounds)
鞏固／巩固 (gǒnggù)

(dependable):

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

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