依法

Chinese

		according to; depend on; near to according to; depend on; near to; (Eastern Min) kinship prefix	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (依法)		依	法

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīfǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ faat³
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): i¹ hah⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): i-hoat

(Teochew, Peng'im): i¹ huag⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīfǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄈㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yifǎ
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-fa³
  - Yale: yī-fǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifaa
  - Palladius: ифа (ifa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji¹ faat³
  - Yale: yī faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ faːt̚³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: i¹ hah⁶ [Phonetic: i² hah⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: i-hah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵³³⁻¹³ haʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: i¹ hah⁶ [Phonetic: i² hah⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ haʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: i-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: i'hoad
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: i¹ huag⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: i huak
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³³⁻²³ huak̚²/

Adverb

依法

(law) according to law; in accordance with the law
依法治國／依法治国 ― yīfǎ zhìguó ― law-based governance

依法行政 ― yīfǎ xíngzhèng ― law-based administration of government

依法追究刑事責任 [MSC, trad.]
依法追究刑事责任 [MSC, simp.]
yīfǎ zhuījiū xíngshì zérèn [Pinyin]
to investigate criminal liability according to law

依法進入破產程序 [MSC, trad.]
依法进入破产程序 [MSC, simp.]
yīfǎ jìnrù pòchǎn chéngxù [Pinyin]
to initiate bankruptcy proceedings in accordance with the law
following fixed rules

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