赖 (lài): (Tw) (coll.) LINE messaging app, to depend on, to hang on in a place
赖 (lài) is a Chinese character meaning “(tw) (coll.) line messaging app.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 剌 (phonetic) and 贝 (semantic). It ranks #1357 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 赖 money. Its radical form 贝 (shell) appears in many related characters such as 贵 (guì, abbr. for Guizhou Province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]), 负 (fù, to bear), 责 (zé, responsibility).
Definitions
- (Tw) (coll.) LINE messaging app
- to depend on
- to hang on in a place
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 赖
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不赖 | bù lài | (coll.) not bad |
| 无赖 | wú lài | hoodlum |
| 赖安 | lài ān | Ryan (name) |
| 赖以 | lài yǐ | to rely on |
| 抵赖 | dǐ lài | to refuse to admit (what one has done) |
| 达赖喇嘛 | dá lài lǎ ma | Dalai Lama |
| 耍赖 | shuǎ lài | to act shamelessly |
| 赖账 | lài zhàng | to renege on a debt |
| 赖皮 | lài pí | shameless |
| 百无聊赖 | bǎi wú liáo lài | (idiom) bored to death |
| 有赖于 | yǒu lài yú | see 有賴|有赖[you3 lai4] |
| 赖斯 | lài sī | Rice (name) |
| 仰赖 | yǎng lài | to rely on |
| 赖特 | lài tè | Wright (name) |
| 达赖 | dá lài | the Dalai Lama |
赖 appears in 52 compound words: 31 as the first character, 44 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 赖 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
Example Sentences
写好赖字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo lài zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "赖" correctly, you need to master the proper stroke order.
国际小学堂/能源依赖美 欧洲抗川普没底气
guó jì xiǎo xué táng néng yuán yī lài měi ōu zhōu kàng chuān pǔ méi de qì
International Primary School/Energy Dependence on the United States Europe has no confidence in resisting Trump
美最高法院这一槌 能敲醒赖政府?
měi zuì gāo fǎ yuàn zhè yī 槌 néng qiāo xǐng lài zhèng fǔ ?
Can the gavel of the U.S. Supreme Court wake up the Lai government?
新春茶叙 赖总统会五院聚焦关税
xīn chūn chá xù lài zǒng tǒng huì wǔ yuàn jù jiāo guān shuì
New Year's tea narrative Lai Presidential Council Fifth Court focused on tariffs
...iPhone了?专家指苹果算力、制造太依赖两岸:决策近乎失职
. . . i P h o n e le ? zhuān jiā zhǐ píng guǒ suàn lì , zhì zào tài yī lài liǎng àn : jué cè jìn hū shī zhí
... iPhone? Experts point out that Apple's computing power and manufacturing are too dependent on both sides of the strait: decision-making is almost derelict
懒理陈佩琪酸“单身狗” 赖清德合体小英再晒毛小孩
lǎn lǐ chén pèi 琪 suān dān shēn gǒu lài qīng dé gě tǐ xiǎo yīng zài shài máo xiǎo hái
Lazy Chen Peiqi sour "single dog" Lai Qingde combined Xiaoying to dry the furry child again
你要不要成为可信赖用户？
Nǐ yàobù yào chéngwéi kěxìn lài yònghù?
Would you like to become a trusted user?
汤姆对咖啡因有依赖，是吗？
Tāngmǔ duì kāfēiyīn yǒu yīlài, shì ma?
Tom has a caffeine dependency, doesn't he?
小心，精神依赖不是爱的同义词！
Xiǎoxīn, jīngshén yīlài bù shì ài de tóngyìcí!
Careful! Emotional dependency is not synonymous with love!
汤姆还在依赖他父母吗?
Tāngmǔ hái zài yīlài tā fùmǔ ma?
Does Tom still rely on his parents?
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced lài
Frequently Asked Questions
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