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赖
賴
lài
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
Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

赖
lài
to depend on, to rely on; to bilk, to deny; poor
HSK 6 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

不赖
bùlài
not bad
仰赖
yǎnglài
to rely on
依赖
yīlài
to depend on
HSK 6
信赖
xìnlài
to trust
HSK 6
倚赖
yǐlài
to rely on
惫赖
bèilài
naughty
打赖
dǎlài
to deny
抵赖
dǐlài
to refuse to admit (what one has done)
撒赖
sālài
to make a scene
无赖
wúlài
hoodlum
HSK 6
狡赖
jiǎolài
to deny (through sophism)
端赖
duānlài
to depend ultimately on (Tw)
耍赖
shuǎlài
to act shamelessly
聊赖
liáolài
to suffer tedium
诬赖
wūlài
to accuse falsely
赖以
làiyǐ
to rely on
赖婚
làihūn
to go back on a marriage contract
赖安
Làiān
Ryan (name)
赖床
làichuáng
to have a lie-in
赖斯
Làisī
Rice (name)

Alternate Entries

赖
Lài
surname Lai
赖
lài
variant of [[賴|赖<lài>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,364
Word Frequency Rank
1,457 of 84,292

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