赖

Traditional (Taiwan): 賴

On the HSK 6 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

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lài ㄌㄞˋ

- to depend on
- to hang on in a place
- bad
- to renege (on promise)
- to disclaim
- to rat (on debts)
- rascally
- to blame
- to put the blame on
- surname Lai
- (coll.) LINE messaging app
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Other words read lài

In the same tone

癞 lài scabies
籁 lài sound
赉 lài bestow
濑 lài rushing of water
睐 lài glance

All 7 words read lài

lai with other tones

来 lái come
莱 lái Chenopodium album
涞 lái brook
崃 lái name of a mountain in Sichuan
铼 lái rhenium

All 17 words read lai in any tone

How 赖 is written

部首 radical: 贝
笔画 strokes: 13, with 9 after the 部首
结构 structure: 左右结构
偏旁 parts: 剌贝
形旁 meaning: 贝
声旁 sound: 剌

Words with 赖

Starting with 赖

赖以 làiyǐ rely on
赖斯 làisī Rice
赖特 làitè Wright
赖氨酸 làiānsuān lysine (Lys), an essential amino acid
赖账 làizhàng renege on a debt

All 16 words starting with 赖

Ending with 赖

依赖 yīlài depend on
信赖 xìnlài trust
无赖 wúlài hoodlum
达赖 dálài Dalai Lama
抵赖 dǐlài refuse to admit

All 23 words ending with 赖

Containing 赖

达赖喇嘛 dálàilǎma Dalai Lama
奥尔布赖特 àoěrbùlàitè Madeleine Albright (1937–2022), US Secretary of State 1997–2001
死皮赖脸 sǐpílàiliǎn shameless
克赖斯特彻奇 kèlàisītèchèqí Christchurch
依赖注入 yīlàizhùrù dependency injection

All 11 words containing 赖

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Sources

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Make Me a Hanzi, from fonts by Arphic Technology Co., Ltd., Arphic Public License