互相依存

hùxiāng yīcún

phrase

Meanings

1 interdependent
2 to depend on one another
3 mutually reliant

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

现代各国经济互相依存，谁也离不开谁。

Xiàndài gè guó jīngjì hùxiāng yīcún, shéi yě líbùkāi shéi.

Modern national economies are interdependent - no one can exist without the others.

HSK 7-9

生态系统中的物种互相依存。

Shēngtài xìtǒng zhōng de wùzhǒng hùxiāng yīcún.

Species in an ecosystem are interdependent.

Tips

usage

Common in formal writing about ecology, economics, and international relations. Can be replaced with the slightly stronger 相互依赖 when emphasizing reliance over coexistence.

Stroke Order

互 hù

相 xiāng

依 yī

存 cún