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依法

依法

Chinese

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

Adverb

依法

(law) according to law

依法追究刑事责任 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

yīfǎ zhuījiū xíngshìzérèn [Pinyin]

to investigate criminal liability according to law

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yīfǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ faat³
Min Nan (POJ): i-hoat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīfǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄈㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ifaa
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ fa̠²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji¹ faat³
  - Yale: yī faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ faat⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ fɑːt̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: i-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: i-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: i'hoad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /i⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i³³ huat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/