"depend on" in Chinese
Could a kind person look at this:
http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=depend
and just tell me the most commonly used way of saying "to depend on", as in:
"my happiness doesn't depend on my boyfriend"
"my father depends a lot on my mother"
"my salary depends on how much I work"

It's driving me crazy!!!!!

Question

"depend on" in Chinese
Could a kind person look at this:
http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=depend
and just tell me the most commonly used way of saying "to depend on", as in:
"my happiness doesn't depend on my boyfriend"
"my father depends a lot on my mother"
"my salary depends on how much I work"

It's driving me crazy!!!!!

Answer

1.源于（mandarin）/望（wu-chinese）2.依赖（mandarin）/靠（mandarin & wu-chinese）3.取决于（mandarin）/望（wu-chinese）

Answer

in general, the words depends on is use as "取決于“

but, in your given  second example . is slicely change to "rely on....." in chinese ”靠。。。。“

because, the sentence itself didn't state clearly about "the father depends what on the monther？ income , dicisions, or others" 
so this make the context  different in each case.

Answer

"my happiness doesn't depend on my boyfriend" 
 我幸福与否（我是否幸福）并不取决于我男朋友。

"my father depends a lot on my mother"  
我爸爸很信赖我妈妈。/ 我爸爸很多地方得靠我妈妈。

"my salary depends on how much I work"
我薪水的多少取决于我干了多少活。

Answer

我的幸福不是取决于我男朋友
爸爸在很大程度上依赖妈妈
薪水的多少要看你做了多少工作

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I think it can be translated as 取决于，在于，靠 in Chinese.
Those sentences maybe can be translated as following:
my happiness doesn't depend on my boyfriend.我的快乐不是取决于我的男友， 
"my father depends a lot on my mother.我父亲很多方面都靠我母亲，
"my salary depends on how much I work我的薪水取决于我的工作量。

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