赖 - lài - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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16 strokes
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賴 (赖)

lài

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Compounds (7)

懶

lǎn

lazy; idle; slothful; sluggish; languid; faineant; indolent

瀨

lài

name of a river; rushing of water

癩

lài

scabies; skin disease

籟

lài

a sound; a noise; musical pipe with 3 reeds

獺

tǎ

otter; Taiwan pr. [ta4]

藾

lài

(fragrant labiate plant)

攋

là

to destroy; to rip; to tear open

Related words (30)

賴以

lài yǐ

to rely on; to depend on

賴婚

lài hūn

to go back on a marriage contract; to repudiate an engagement

賴床

lài chuáng

to have a lie-in; to dawdle in bed

賴皮

lài pí

shameless; (slang) rascal

to be shameless

to renege on a debt

campus dwellers (slang); graduates who cannot break away from campus life

賴氨酸

lài ān suān

lysine (Lys), an essential amino acid

不賴

bù lài

(coll.) not bad; good; fine

to rely on

to depend on; to be dependent on

信賴

xìn lài

to trust; to have confidence in; to have faith in; to rely on

倚賴

yǐ lài

to rely on; to be dependent on

naughty; cheeky

to deny; to disclaim; to disavow

抵賴

dǐ lài

to refuse to admit (what one has done); to disavow; to renege

撒賴

sā lài

to make a scene; to raise hell

無賴

wú lài

hoodlum; rascal; rogue; rascally; scoundrelly

狡賴

jiǎo lài

to deny (through sophism)

端賴

duān lài

to depend ultimately on (Tw); absolutely reliant on

耍賴

shuǎ lài

to act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc; to act dumb; to act as if sth never happened

to suffer tedium

to accuse falsely

to rely on; to depend on

耍無賴

shuǎ wú lài

to act shamelessly; to behave in a way that leaves others tut-tutting and shaking their heads in disapproval

信賴區間

xìn lài qū jiān

confidence interval (statistics)

trustworthy

to pester someone again and again

城市依賴症

chéng shì yī lài zhèng

"urban dependence disease" (sufferers are unwilling to give up city comforts and return to the countryside)

語境依賴性

yǔ jìng yī lài xìng

context dependency

Idioms (3)

惡叉白賴

è chā bái lài

evil behavior (idiom); brazen villainy

死皮賴臉

sǐ pí lài liǎn

brazen faced (idiom); shameless

百無聊賴

bǎi wú liáo lài

bored to death (idiom); bored stiff; overcome with boredom

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