靠

Pinyin: kào

to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on

Example sentence

靠!

Kào!

Fuck!

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What 靠 means

靠 (kào) is a Chinese word meaning “to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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HSK 5

Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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