賴 (laai6 | lai4) : rely on; blame sb wrongly; family name

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賴

laai6

lai4

[1] rely on; depend on; count on
[2] blame sb wrongly; shift the blame onto sb else
[3] deny one's errors; shirk one's responsibility
[4] hang on in a place; drag out one's stay in a place
[5] poor; bad; no good
[6] [粵] variant of 攋
[7] a Chinese family name

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Stroke count: 16

Level: 3

Radical: (#154)

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

賴 / 赖

This word has been viewed 10228 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 28th Jul 2014 21:36

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抵賴 dai2 laai6 di3 lai4 = deny; disavow; renege on

依賴 ji1 laai6 yi1 lai4 = to depend on

信賴 seon3 laai6 xin4 lai4 = to confide; to trust

撒賴 saat3 laai6 = act shamelessly

賴尿蝦 laai6 niu6 haa1 lai4 niao4 xia1 = variant of 攋尿蝦, Mantis shrimp 粵

托賴 tok3 laai6 = rely on

賴賬 laai6 zoeng3 lai4 zhang4 = repudiate a debt; break a promise

無賴 mou4 laai6*2 wu2 lai4 = a scoundrel

不賴 bat1 laai6 bu4 lai4 = not bad; good; fine 國

互相依賴 wu6 soeng1 ji1 laai6 hu4 xiang1 yi1 lai4 = interdependence
See all 28 compounds (CantoDict reports 29 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 賴

唔好賴我粵
It's nothing to do with me

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 賴
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