Usage of the character 賴

surname Lai
(Tw) (coll.) LINE messaging app

lài

赖

[賴]

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

wúlài

无赖

[無賴]

hoodlum
rascal
rogue
rascally
scoundrelly

Làisī

赖斯

[賴斯]

Rice (name)
Condoleezza Rice (1954-) US Secretary of State 2005-2009

yǒulài

有赖

[有賴]

(of an outcome) to rely on
to require
can only be achieved by means of

jiǎolài

狡赖

[狡賴]

to deny (through sophism)

dǐlài

抵赖

[抵賴]

to refuse to admit (what one has done)
to disavow
to renege

lǎolài

老赖

[老賴]

(coll.) debt dodger

liáolài

聊赖

[聊賴]

to suffer tedium

Làitè

赖特

[賴特]

Wright (name)

làizhàng

赖账

[賴賬]

to renege on a debt

làiliǎn

赖脸

[賴臉]

to be shameless

Dálài

达赖

[達賴]

the Dalai Lama
abbr. of 達賴喇嘛／达赖喇嘛 ( Dálài Lǎma)

bèilài

惫赖

[憊賴]

naughty
cheeky

xìnlài

信赖

[信賴]

to trust
to have confidence in
to have faith in
to rely on

làihūn

赖婚

[賴婚]

to go back on a marriage contract
to repudiate an engagement

yǐlài

倚赖

[倚賴]

to rely on
to be dependent on

yǎnglài

仰赖

[仰賴]

to rely on

sālài

撒赖

[撒賴]

to make a scene
to raise hell

shuǎlài

耍赖

[耍賴]

to 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

làiyǐ

赖以

[賴以]

to rely on
to depend on

Lài'ān

赖安

[賴安]

Ryan (name)

làichuáng

赖床

[賴床]

to have a lie-in
to dawdle in bed

yīlài

依赖

[依賴]

to depend on; to be dependent on

dǎlài

打赖

[打賴]

to deny
to disclaim
to disavow

wūlài

诬赖

[誣賴]

to accuse falsely

duānlài

端赖

[端賴]

to depend ultimately on (Tw)
absolutely reliant on

làipí

赖皮

[賴皮]

shameless
(slang) rascal

bùlài

不赖

[不賴]

(coll.) not bad
good
fine

Aòlài'ēn

奥赖恩

[奧賴恩]

Orion (NASA spacecraft)

lài'ānsuān

赖氨酸

[賴氨酸]

lysine (Lys), an essential amino acid

làixiàozú

赖校族

[賴校族]

campus dwellers (slang)
graduates who cannot break away from campus life

shuǎwúlài

耍无赖

[耍無賴]

to act shamelessly
to behave in a way that leaves others tut-tutting and shaking their heads in disapproval

Lài Qīngdé

赖清德

[賴清德]

William Lai Ching-te (1959-), Taiwanese DPP politician, vice president of the Republic of China from 2020

Lài Chāngxīng

赖昌星

[賴昌星]

Lai Changxing (1958-), notorious Xiamen mafia boss involved in large scale corruption and smuggling, extradited from Canada back to China in 2008

Lài Shēngchuān

赖声川

[賴聲川]

Lai Shengchuan (1954-), US-Taiwanese dramatist and director

Yuán Làicháo

源赖朝

[源賴朝]

MINAMOTO no Yoritomo (1147-1199), Japanese warlord and founder of the Kamakura shogunate 鐮倉幕府／镰仓幕府 ( Liáncāngmùfǔ)

yǒulàiyú

有赖于

[有賴於]

see 有賴／有赖 (yǒulài)

Làisuǒtuō

赖索托

[賴索托]

Lesotho (Tw)

èchābáilài

恶叉白赖

[惡叉白賴]

evil behavior (idiom); brazen villainy

fùbùlàitè

富布赖特

[富布賴特]

Fulbright (scholarship)

Làibǐruìyà

赖比瑞亚

[賴比瑞亞]

Liberia (Tw)

sǐpílàiliǎn

死皮赖脸

[死皮賴臉]

brazen faced (idiom); shameless

Dálài Lǎma

达赖喇嘛

[達賴喇嘛]

Dalai Lama

sǐqibáilài

死气白赖

[死氣白賴]

variant of 死乞白賴／死乞白赖 (sǐqibáilài)

xìnlàiqūjiān

信赖区间

[信賴區間]

(statistics) confidence interval

yīlàizhùrù

依赖注入

[依賴注入]

(software engineering) dependency injection

bǎiwúliáolài

百无聊赖

[百無聊賴]

(idiom) bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom

sǐqibáilài

死乞白赖

[死乞白賴]

to pester someone again and again

Aò'ěrbùlàitè

奥尔布赖特

[奧爾布賴特]

Madeleine Albright (1937-), former US Secretary of State

yǔjìngyīlàixìng

语境依赖性

[語境依賴性]

context dependency

chéngshìyīlàizhèng

城市依赖症

[城市依賴症]

"urban dependence disease" (sufferers are unwilling to give up city comforts and return to the countryside)

Kèlàisītèchèqí

克赖斯特彻奇

[克賴斯特徹奇]

Christchurch (New Zealand city)

Kāngduōlìzhā· Làisī

康多莉扎·赖斯

[康多莉扎·賴斯]

Condoleezza Rice (1954-), US Secretary of State 2005-2009

hǎosǐbùrúlàihuózhe

好死不如赖活着

[好死不如賴活著]

better a bad life than a good death (idiom)