依靠 (yī kào) means “to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on”. It is an HSK 6 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
他依靠自己的努力成功了。
Tā yīkào zìjǐ de nǔlì chénggōng le.
He succeeded through his own efforts.
Updated: 2026-05-27