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Jyutping kaau3 dak1 zyu6
Pinyin kào de zhù

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. reliable
  2. trustworthy
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    reliable; trustworthy
    (syn.) 值得信赖, 信得过, 值得信賴, 保準, 信得過, 保准, 可信
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    还是你靠得住。
    還是你靠得住。
    hái shi nǐ kào de zhù 。
    • I knew I could rely on you!
  2. Mandarin
    确实,他还年轻,但是很靠得住。
    確實,他還年輕,但是很靠得住。
    què shí , tā hái nián qīng , dàn shì hěn kào de zhù 。
    • It is true that he is young, but he is very reliable.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    靠得住
    靠得住
    kau3 dak1 zyu6
    • reliable
  2. Cantonese
    佢会靠得住?猪乸会上树!
    佢會靠得住?豬乸會上樹!
    • Do you believe he's reliable? I'd rather believe a sow can climb the tree!
  3. Cantonese
    阿松个人粗枝大叶噉,都唔知靠唔靠得住嘅。
    阿松個人粗枝大葉噉,都唔知靠唔靠得住嘅。
    • A-chung is so sloppy and careless. I am not sure if he can be relied on.
  4. Cantonese
    佢会靠得住啊,猪乸都会上树啦!
    佢會靠得住啊,豬乸都會上樹啦!
    keoi5 wui5 kaau3 dak1 zyu6 aa3, zyu1 naa2 dou1 wui5 soeng5 syu6 laa1!
    • Never can he be trusted!
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    理性的东西所以靠得住,正是由于它来源于感性,否则理性的东西就成了无源之水,无本之木,而只是主观自生的靠不住的东西了。
    理性的東西所以靠得住,正是由於它來源於感性,否則理性的東西就成了無源之水,無本之木,而只是主觀自生的靠不住的東西了。
    lǐ xìng de dōng xi suǒ yǐ kào de zhù , zhèng shì yóu yú tā lái yuán yú gǎn xìng , fǒu zé lǐ xìng de dōng xi jiù chéng le wú yuán zhī shuǐ , wú běn zhī mù , ér zhǐ shì zhǔ guān zì shēng de kào bu zhù de dōng xi le .
    • The rational is reliable precisely because it has its source in sense perceptions, other wise it would be like water without a source, a tree without roots, subjective, self-engendered and unreliable.
  2. Mandarin
    哲学史上有所谓“唯理论”一派,就是只承认理性的实在性,不承认经验的实在性,以为只有理性靠得住,而感觉的经验是靠不住的,这一派的错误在于颠倒了事实。
    哲學史上有所謂“唯理論”一派,就是隻承認理性的實在性,不承認經驗的實在性,以為只有理性靠得住,而感覺的經驗是靠不住的,這一派的錯誤在於顛倒了事實。
    zhé xué shǐ shàng yǒu suǒ wèi “ wéi lǐ lùn ” yī pài , jiù shì zhǐ chéng rèn lǐ xìng de shí zài xìng , bù chéng rèn jīng yàn de shí zài xìng , yǐ wéi zhǐ yǒu lǐ xìng kào de zhù , ér gǎn jué de jīng yàn shì kào bu zhù de , zhè yī pài de cuò wù zài yú diān dǎo le shì shí .
    • In the history of philosophy there is the “rationalist” school that admits the reality only of reason and not of experience, believing that reason alone is reliable while perceptual experience is not; this school errs by turning things upside down.