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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
lài - surname Lai
- (Tw) (coll.) LINE messaging app
lài - 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
lài - variant of 賴|赖[lai4]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 6 5,328 6,226 4,339

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Money

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
不赖 - - 3,744 13,342 4,879
- 6 5,328 6,226 4,339
依赖 6 6 5,565 4,114 3,355
信赖 6 7 6,729 9,521 7,451
无赖 6 - 7,231 20,178 12,493
赖安 - - 20,854 - -
赖以 - - 22,427 53,757 81,542
抵赖 - - 22,969 40,117 43,148
达赖喇嘛 - - 23,385 41,963 43,507
耍赖 - 9 23,572 34,876 18,279
赖账 - - 27,247 55,116 49,861
赖皮 - - 29,999 55,079 30,845
百无聊赖 - - 35,720 42,780 28,559
赖斯 - - 38,157 11,120 49,319
有赖于 - - 38,496 25,388 56,432
仰赖 - - 40,223 69,652 64,650
赖特 - - 42,260 49,480 112,820
诬赖 - - 49,660 94,789 60,567
达赖 - - 49,729 41,048 35,155
克赖斯特彻奇 - - 53,571 - -
倚赖 - - 59,754 - -
撒赖 - - 72,944 - 121,744
奥尔布赖特 - - 88,401 64,388 -
老赖 - - 91,760 46,691 51,703