萊 (loi4 | lai2) : goosefoot; fallow field

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萊

loi4

lai2

[1] [plant] goosefoot; pigweed
[2] fallow field

Mostly used in transliteration.

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

萊 / 莱

This word has been viewed 8254 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 16th Oct 2011 14:09

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仙克萊 sin1 hak1 loi4 = cyclamen (genus of plants of the primrose family)

萊索托 loi6 sok3 tok3 lai2 suo3 tuo1 = Lesotho

汶萊達魯薩蘭國 man6 loi4 daat6 lou5 saat3 laan4 gwok3 wen2 lai2 da2 lu3 sa4 lan2 guo2 = Brunei Darussalam

寶麗萊 bou2 lai6 loi4 = Polaroid

布萊爾 bou3 loi4 ji5 bu4 lai2 er3 = Blair

希伯萊文 hei1 baak3 loi4 man4 xi1 bo2 lai2 wen2 = Hebrew (language)

希伯萊語 hei1 baak3 loi4 jyu5 xi1 bo2 lai2 yu3 = Hebrew (language)

好萊塢 hou2 loi4 wu2*1 hao3 lai2 wu4 = Hollywood 國

不萊梅 bat1 loi4 mui4 bu4 lai2 mei2 = Bremen

萊陽 loi4 joeng4 lai2 yang2 = Laiyang (city in Shandong)
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Decimal representation of this word: 萊
Unicode code for this character: U+840a (off-site link)

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