仰仗

Chinese

		look up	battle
simp. and trad. (仰仗)		仰	仗
alternative forms		仰杖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎngzhàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ ㄓㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵ zoeng³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gióng-tiǒng / gióng-tiōng / giáng-tiāng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎngzhàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ ㄓㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎngjhàng
    • Wade–Giles: yang³-chang⁴
    • Yale: yǎng-jàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeangjanq
    • Palladius: янчжан (jančžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁵ zoeng³
    • Yale: yéuhng jeung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁵ dzoeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁵ zêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ¹³ t͡sœːŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gióng-tiǒng
    • Tâi-lô: gióng-tiǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gióng-tiōng
    • Tâi-lô: gióng-tiōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giofngdiong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giáng-tiāng
    • Tâi-lô: giáng-tiāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giafngdiang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiaŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjangH drjangH

Rime
Character	仰	仗
Reading #	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	魚向切	直亮切
Baxter	ngjangH	drjangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨɐŋH/	/ɖɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiɐŋH/	/ɖiɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɑŋH/	/ȡiɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨaŋH/	/ɖɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/ŋiaŋH/	/ȡiaŋH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭaŋH/	/ȡĭaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯aŋH/	/ȡʱi̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yàng	zhàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joeng6	zoeng6

Verb

仰仗

1. to rely on; to look to somebody for support or backing

Synonyms

• 仗恃 (zhàngshì) (literary, chiefly derogatory)
• 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
• 歸依／归依 (guīyī) (literary)
• 聊 (liáo) (formal)
• 賴／赖 (lài) (literary, or in compounds only)