赖(lài)

HSK 613 strokesTrad. 賴

surname Lai

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Character information

Pinyin
lài
Meaning
surname Lai; (Tw) (coll.) LINE messaging app
Strokes
13
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
賴

Origin & structure

Where 赖 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰剌贝

In this compound, the meaning comes from 贝 (money); 剌 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

剌là贝bèi

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 赖 step by step

13 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 赖

Common words using 赖 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

yī依lài赖
HSK 6

to depend on; to be dependent on

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xìn信lài赖
HSK 7-9

to trust

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shuǎ耍lài赖
HSK 7-9

to act shamelessly

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bù不lài赖

(coll.) not bad; good; fine

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yǎng仰lài赖

to rely on

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yǐ倚lài赖

to rely on

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è恶chā叉bái白lài赖

evil behavior (idiom); brazen villainy

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dǐ抵lài赖

to refuse to admit (what one has done)

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From 赖’s common words

依信耍不仰倚恶叉

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