Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

disclaim; rely; to blame

Chinese: 依赖;也指抵赖、责怪。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “lai” becomes a different word in each tone. 赖 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 依赖yī làito depend on; to be dependent on
  • 信赖xìn làito trust; to have confidence in; to have faith in; to rely on
  • 无赖wú làihoodlum; rascal; rogue; rascally
  • 耍赖shuǎ làito act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc; to act dumb; to act as if sth never happened
  • 不赖bù lài(coll.) not bad; good; fine

Example Sentence

做错了事,不能赖别人。Zuò cuò le shì, bù néng lài bié ren.When you do something wrong, you cannot blame others.

做错Zuò cuòto make an error了事le shìto dispose of a matter不能bù néngcannotlài(Tw) (coll.) LINE messagin别人bié renother people