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賴

lài

rely, depend on; accuse falsely

Strokes
16
Radical
貝
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 赖

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 赖, the simplified form of 賴. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 好死不如赖活着

    Hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe

    Better to live dishonored than die proud.

  • 人们正在依赖着我们。

    Rén men zhèng zài yī lài zhe wǒ men

    People are counting on us.

  • 不要太过于依赖别人。

    Bù yào tài guò yú yī lài bié ren

    Don't depend too much on others.

  • 我信赖他。

    Wǒ xìn lài tā

    I trust him.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 赖

  • 依赖yī lài 1–4 to depend on; to be dependent on
  • 赖lài 4to 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
  • 信赖xìn lài 4–4 to trust; to have confidence in; to have faith in; to rely on
  • 无赖wú lài 2–4 hoodlum; rascal; rogue; rascally; scoundrelly
  • 耍赖shuǎ lài 3–4 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