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赖

lài

HSK 6 Character Traditional 賴

What 赖 means

1. to depend on
2. to hang on in a place
3. bad
4. to renege (on promise)
5. to disclaim
6. to rat (on debts)
7. rascally
8. to blame
9. to put the blame on

Other readings

赖 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Làisurname Lai; LINE messaging app
• làivariant of {赖|lài}

Example sentences

• 我信赖他。
  Wǒ xìnlài tā.
  I trust him.
• 汤姆是个无赖。
  Tāngmǔ shì ge wúlài.
  Tom is a scumbag.
• 别老依赖别人。
  Don't rely too much on others.
• 好死不如赖活着
  Better to live dishonored than die proud.
• 世界依赖台湾。
  The world depends on Taiwan.
• 京都依赖旅游业。
  Jīngdū yīlài lǚyóuyè.
  Kyoto depends on the tourist industry.

Words starting with 赖

• 赖以lài yǐto rely on; to depend on
• 赖昌星Lài Chāng xīngLai Changxing (1958-), notorious Xiamen mafia boss involved in large scale corruption and…
• 赖皮lài píshameless; (slang) rascal
• 赖婚lài hūnto go back on a marriage contract; to repudiate an engagement
• 赖床lài chuángto have a lie-in; to dawdle in bed
• 赖脸lài liǎnto be shameless
• 赖账lài zhàngto renege on a debt
• 赖校族lài xiào zúcampus dwellers (slang); graduates who cannot break away from campus life
• 赖清德Lài Qīng déWilliam Lai Ching-te (1959-), Taiwanese DPP politician, vice president of the Republic of…
• 赖索托Lài suǒ tuōLesotho (Tw)
• 赖比瑞亚Lài bǐ ruì yàLiberia (Tw)
• 赖声川Lài Shēng chuānLai Shengchuan (1954-), US-Taiwanese dramatist and director
• 赖氨酸lài ān suānlysine (Lys), an essential amino acid
• 赖斯Lài sīRice (name); Condoleezza Rice (1954-) US Secretary of State 2005-2009
• 赖特Lài tèWright (name)
• 赖安Lài ānRyan (name)

Words containing 赖

• 依赖yī làito depend on; to be dependent on
• 信赖xìn làito trust; to have confidence in; to have faith in
• 无赖wú làihoodlum; rascal; rogue
• 达赖喇嘛Dá lài Lǎ maDalai Lama
• 百无聊赖bǎi wú liáo lài(idiom) bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom
• 不赖bù lài(colloquial) not bad; good; fine
• 达赖Dá làithe Dalai Lama; abbr. of 达赖喇嘛
• 耍赖shuǎ làito act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a…
• 抵赖dǐ làito refuse to admit (what one has done); to disavow; to renege
• 死皮赖脸sǐ pí lài liǎnbrazen faced (idiom); shameless
• 打赖dǎ làito deny; to disclaim; to disavow
• 撒赖sā làito make a scene; to raise hell
• 有赖yǒu lài(of an outcome) to rely on; to require; can only be achieved by means of
• 端赖duān làito depend ultimately on (Tw); absolutely reliant on
• 老赖lǎo lài(colloquial) debt dodger
• 奥赖恩Ào lài ēnOrion (NASA spacecraft)
• 源赖朝Yuán Lài cháoMINAMOTO no Yoritomo (1147-1199), Japanese warlord and founder of the Kamakura shogunate…
• 依赖注入yī lài zhù rù(software engineering) dependency injection
• 信赖区间xìn lài qū jiān(statistics) confidence interval
• 富布赖特fù bù lài tèFulbright (scholarship)
• 奥尔布赖特Ào ěr bù lài tèMadeleine Albright (1937–2022), US Secretary of State 1997–2001
• 城市依赖症chéng shì yī lài zhèng"urban dependence disease"…
• 克赖斯特彻奇Kè lài sī tè chè qíChristchurch (New Zealand city)
• 聊赖liáo làito suffer tedium

Characters that look like 赖

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

• 频pínfrequency; frequently; repetitious
• 熊xióngbear; (colloquial) to scold; to rebuke; (colloquial) weak; incapable
• 嫁jià(of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc)
• 颊jiácheeks
• 阙quēused in place of 缺 (old); mistake
• 榷quèfootbridge; toll, levy; monopoly

Sounds the same

Read lài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 濑name of a river; rushing of water
• 癞scabies; skin disease
• 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)