This man is not reliable.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
靠不住
unreliable
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
unreliable
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 靠不住 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 靠不住 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Between you and me, he cannot be relied upon.
Her line of reasoning is attractive, but ultimately fallacious.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 靠不住.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 靠不住.
Directly before
- 是靠不住2
- 他靠不住1
- 人靠不住1
Directly after
- 靠不住的3
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 靠不住
What does 靠不住 mean in Chinese?
靠不住 (kàobuzhù) means unreliable.
How do you pronounce 靠不住?
靠不住 is pronounced kàobuzhù.
Is 靠不住 an HSK word?
靠不住 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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