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賴

简 赖 · 繁 賴
Mandarin · pinyin lài#

Meanings · 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
Mandarin · pinyin Lài#

Meanings · Lài

  1. surname Lai
  2. (Tw) (coll.) LINE messaging app
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賴
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lài · rely, depend on; accuse falsely
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

laai6

Cantonese word readings for 賴. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

  1. to rely; to depend on
  2. to accuse falsely
  3. shameless; impudent; cheeky; brazen
  4. (colloquial) bad
  5. to hang on in a place; to drag out one's stay in a place
  6. to disavow; to deny
  7. to falsely incriminate
  8. to blame; to put the blame upon
  9. a surname

character · Etymology 2

  1. (Cantonese) to leave behind; to forget to bring

character · Etymology 3

  1. (Taiwan, colloquial) Line (an instant messaging software)

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賴 · lai4 · Lai4
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 104,058, 104,057
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Exact source records賴 赖 [lai4] /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/賴 赖 [Lai4] /surname Lai/(Tw) (coll.) LINE messaging app/