HSK 6 · Ideas

依据 yījù “basis” in Chinese

Traditional 依據

What 依据 means

  1. basis
  2. according to
  3. foundation

How to say 依据

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale依yī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale据jù4th tone, falling

依据 in a sentence

  1. 我的演讲稿就是依据这个理论写的。

    Wǒ de yǎnjiǎnggǎo jiùshì yījù zhè ge lǐlùn xiě de.

    My speech was written on the basis of this theory.

    Sentence #336853 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 依据 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 依 (yī) with each of its parts in a different colour
依yīto depend on
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 衣clothes · yīSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 衣 (yī) hints at the sound. Compare it with yī.

The character 据 (jù) with each of its parts in a different colour
据jùaccording to
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 居to live · jīSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 居 (jī) hints at the sound. Compare it with jù.

How to write 依据

依 8 strokes · 据 11 strokes

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依据 (yījù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 依据 (yījù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 依据

Words with 依

依然yīrán · still依靠yīkào · to rely on依赖yīlài · to depend on依托yītuō · to rely on依旧yījiù · as before

Words with 据

根据gēnjù · according to据说jùshuō · it is said that收据shōujù · receipt证据zhèngjù · evidence数据shùjù · data占据zhànjù · to occupy据悉jùxī · it is reported that

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FAQs

依据 (yījù) means “basis” or “according to”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yījù: yī with a 1st tone, then jù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 依据 is written 依據. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yiju with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 依据 from the suggestions. Typing yiju into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
依据 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.