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癞

lài

Character Traditional 癩

What 癞 means

1. scabies
2. skin disease

Words starting with 癞

• 癞蛤蟆lài há matoad
• 癞疮lài chuāngfavus (skin disease)
• 癞皮狗lài pí gǒumangy dog; (fig.) loathsome person
• 癞皮病lài pí bìngpellagra; scabies
• 癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròulit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom); fig. to try to punch above one's weight

Characters built on 赖

These share the phonetic component 赖 (lài), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 濑làiname of a river; rushing of water
• 籁làia sound; a noise; musical pipe with 3 reeds

Characters that look like 癞

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 藏cángto conceal; to hide away; to harbor
• 癌áicancer; (esp.) carcinoma
• 藉jiè(literary) cushion; mat; (literary) to put some padding underneath
• 癜diànerythema; leucoderm
• 糠kānghusk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)
• 籁làia sound; a noise; musical pipe with 3 reeds

Sounds the same

Read lài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 赖to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad
• 濑name of a river; rushing of water
• 籁a sound; a noise; musical pipe with 3 reeds
• 睐to glance; to look askance at
• 赉to bestow; to confer
• 藾(fragrant labiate plant)