歸依

Chinese

		to go back; to return	according to; depend on; near to according to; depend on; near to; (Eastern Min) kinship prefix
trad. (歸依)		歸	依
simp. (归依)		归	依
anagram		依歸／依归

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guīyī

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹ ji¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kui-i

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guīyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gueiyi
  - Wade–Giles: kuei¹-i¹
  - Yale: gwēi-yī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gueii
  - Palladius: гуйи (guji)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwai¹ ji¹
  - Yale: gwāi yī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹ ji¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guei¹ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ jiː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui-i
  - Tâi-lô: kui-i
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kui'y
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³ i³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kui⁴⁴⁻²² i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴⁻³³ i⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: kjw+j 'j+j

Rime
Character	歸	依
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	微 (21)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	舉韋切	於希切
Baxter	kjw+j	'j+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʉi/	/ʔɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷɨi/	/ʔɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuəi/	/ʔiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuj/	/ʔɨj/
Li Rong	/kiuəi/	/ʔiəi/
Wang Li	/kĭwəi/	/ĭəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kwe̯i/	/ʔe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guī	yī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai¹	ji¹

Verb

歸依

(religion) Original form of 皈依 (guīyī, “to be converted to”).
(literary) to rely on

Synonyms

(to rely on):

仗恃 (zhàngshì) (literary, chiefly derogatory)
仰仗 (yǎngzhàng)
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
聊 (liáo) (formal)
賴 / 赖 (lài) (literary, or in compounds only)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (歸依):

→ Japanese: 帰依(きえ) (kie)
→ Korean: 귀의(歸依) (gwiui)
→ Vietnamese: quy y (歸依)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
歸	依
き Hyōgai	え Grade: S
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 歸依 – see the following entry.

【帰依きえ】

[noun] conversion; devotion

[noun] (Buddhism) refuge; believing in the teachings of the gods, Buddhas, and high priests

[verb] (Buddhism) to become a (devout) believer in Buddhism

[verb] (Christianity, formal) to embrace Christianity

[verb] (Buddhism) to take refuge in the Three Jewels

(This term, 歸依, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
歸	依

Noun

歸依

chữ Hán form of quy y (“taking refuge”)