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莱
萊
lái
1. name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc)
2. Chenopodium album
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

莱
lái
weed, goosefoot; fallow field; used in transliterations
10 丶

Compound Words (20)

克莱
Kèlái
Clay (name)
文莱
Wénlái
Brunei Darussalam, independent sultanate in northwest Borneo
汶莱
Wènlái
Brunei Darussalam, independent sultanate in northwest Borneo
莱切
Láiqiè
Lecce (city in Italy)
莱卡
Láikǎ
Leica camera
莱姆
láimǔ
lime (loanword)
莱山
Láishān
Laishan district of Yantai city [[煙台市|烟台市]], Shandong
莱州
Láizhōu
Laizhou county level city in Yantai [[煙台|烟台]], Shandong
莱特
Láitè
Wright (surname)
莱菔
láifú
radish
莱芜
Láiwú
Laiwu prefecture level city in Shandong
莱芜
láiwú
field with dense growth of wild weeds
莱西
Láixī
Laixi county level city in Qingdao [[青島|青岛]], Shandong
莱阳
Láiyáng
Laiyang county level city in Yantai [[煙台|烟台]], Shandong
莱顿
Láidùn
Leiden (the Netherlands)
蓬莱
Pénglái
Penglai county level city in Yantai [[煙台|烟台]], Shandong
雪莱
Xuělái
Shelley
不莱梅
bùláiméi
Bremen (city in Germany)
克莱因
Kèláiyīn
Klein or Kline (name)
克莱顿
Kèláidùn
Clayton (name)

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Character Frequency Rank
1,195
Word Frequency Rank
615 of 84,292

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