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莱

lái

Character Traditional 萊

What 莱 means

1. name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc)
2. Chenopodium album

Example sentences

• 莱拉现在五岁了
  Lái lā xiànzài wǔ suì le
  Layla is five now.
• 莱拉露出了脸。
  Layla unveiled her face.
• 莱拉开始卷头发。
  Layla started curling her hair.
• 这辆车是布莱恩的。
  The car is Brian’s.
• 莱拉看起来很完美。
  Layla looked perfect.
• 萨米对莱拉非常好。
  Sami was super nice to Layla.

Words starting with 莱

• 莱茵河Lái yīn HéRhine River
• 莱恩Lái ēn(name) Ryan
• 莱切Lái qièLecce (city in Italy)
• 莱卡Lái kǎLeica camera; Lycra (fiber or fabric)
• 莱城Lái ChéngLae, second-largest city in Papua New Guinea, capital of Morobe Province
• 莱姆lái mǔ(loanword) lime
• 莱特Lái tè(surname) Wright
• 莱顿Lái dùnLeiden (the Netherlands)
• 莱姆病lái mǔ bìngLyme disease
• 莱山区Lái shān QūLaishan, a district of Yantai City 烟台市
• 莱州市Lái zhōu ShìLaizhou, a county-level city in Yantai City 烟台市
• 莱斯特Lái sī tèLester or Leicester (name); Leicester, English city in East Midlands
• 莱索托Lái suǒ tuōLesotho
• 莱西市Lái xī ShìLaixi, a county-level city in Qingdao City 青岛市
• 莱赛尔lái sài ěr(textiles) (loanword) lyocell
• 莱里达Lái lǐ dáLérida or Lleida, Spain
• 莱斯大学Lái sī Dà xuéRice University (Houston, Texas)
• 莱温斯基Lái wēn sī jīMonica Lewinsky (1973-), former White House intern
• 莱顿大学Lái dùn Dà xuéUniversity of Leiden
• 莱阳市Lái yáng ShìLaiyang, a county-level city in Yantai City 烟台市
• 莱斯沃斯岛Lái sī wò sī DǎoLesbos (Greek island in the Aegean Sea 爱琴海
• 莱麦丹Lái mài dānRamadan (loanword)
• 莱特币Lái tè bìLitecoin (cryptocurrency)
• 莱德杯Lái dé bēiRyder Cup (US and Europe golf team competition)

Words containing 莱

• 好莱坞Hǎo lái wùHollywood; also pr. Hǎo lái wū
• 蓬莱Péng lái(Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where…
• 劳斯莱斯Láo sī Lái sīRolls-Royce
• 雪莱Xuě láiShelley; abbr. for 珀西·比希·珀西·比希·雪莱
• 文莱Wén láiBrunei
• 克莱因Kè lái yīnKlein or Kline (name); Felix Klein (1849-1925), German mathematician
• 克莱顿Kè lái dùn(name) Clayton or Crichton
• 卡巴莱kǎ bā láicabaret (loanword)
• 史莱姆shǐ lái mǔslime (loanword)
• 哈莱姆Hā lái mǔHarlem district of Manhattan
• 奥波莱Ào bō láiOpole, city in Poland
• 巴克莱Bā kè láiBarclay or Berkeley (name)
• 布莱尼Bù lái níBryne (City in Rogaland, Norway)
• 布莱顿Bù lái dùnBrighton, town in England
• 德莱塞Dé lái sèTheodore Dreiser (1871–1945), American writer
• 托莱多Tuō lái duōToledo, Spain
• 波莱罗bō lái luóbolero (dance) (loanword)
• 瓦莱塔Wǎ lái tǎValletta, capital of Malta
• 伊莱克斯Yī lái kè sīElectrolux (Swedish manufacturer of home appliances)
• 克莱斯勒Kè lái sī lèChrysler (car manufacturer)
• 奥特莱斯ào tè lái sīoutlets (loanword); retail outlet (e.g. specializing in seconds of famous brands)…
• 布莱克本Bù lái kè běnBlackburn
• 斯莱特林Sī lái tè línSlytherin (Harry Potter)
• 普莱费尔Pǔ lái fèi ěr(surname) Playfair

Characters built on 来

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

• 睐làito glance; to look askance at
• 徕láiused in 招徕
• 铼láirhenium (chemistry)
• 涞láibrook; ripple
• 赉làito bestow; to confer
• 崃láiname of a mountain in Sichuan

Characters that look like 莱

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

• 某mǒusome; a certain; sb or sth indefinite
• 莫mòdo not; there is none who
• 菜càivegetable; greens; dish (of food); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
• 巢cháonest
• 桨jiǎngoar; paddle
• 荚jiápod (botany)

Sounds the same

Read lái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 来to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 徕used in 招徕
• 铼rhenium (chemistry)
• 涞brook; ripple
• 箂(bamboo)
• 郲name of a country in Spring and Autumn period in modern Shandong, destroyed by Qi 齐
• 崃name of a mountain in Sichuan
• 𡥧last
• 梾used in 梾木
• 騋mare
• 𱉵used in 鶆䴈
• 𱇭see 鲥鱼