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賴 (laai6) — a Chinese family name in Cantonese

laaiˍ₆賴
简 赖
Mandarin Pinyin: lai4

Meaning of 賴

nouna Chinese family name
nounrely on; depend on; count on
nounpoor; bad; no good
nounhang on in a place; drag out one's stay in a place
nounvariant of 攋
noundeny one's errors; shirk one's responsibility
nounblame sb wrongly; shift the blame onto sb else
noun(verb) 1. count on (someone or something); (noun) Chinese surname

Example Sentences with 賴

mˎ₄唔houˊ²好laaiˍ₆賴ngoˏ₅我
It's nothing to do with me
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好laai˗₃賴peiˎ₄皮
He's so naughty/stubborn.
mˎ₄唔houˊ²好laai˗₃賴peiˎ₄皮
Don't be naughty/stubborn.
neiˏ₅你taai˗₃太laai˗₃賴peiˎ₄皮
You're too difficult/stubborn.
go˗₃個sai˗₃細louˍ₆路laai˗₃賴peiˎ₄皮
That kid is being difficult.
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Words Containing 賴

賴皮laai6 pei4
rascally, shameless, unreasonable
姓賴sing3 laai6
rascally, shameless, unreasonable (Lit. (your) family name / Chinese surname is "Lai")
班賴baan3 laai1
clever, smart, intelligent, skillful, capable {Malaysia and Singapore usage}
倚賴ji2 laai6
depend on; rely upon
不賴bat1 laai6
not bad; good; fine
仰賴joeng5 laai6
rely on
奸賴gaan1 laai3
to be dishonest, cunning, tricky
無聊賴mou4 liu4 laai6
to be utterly bored; to not have any sustenance; spiritual void
監人賴厚gaam1 jan4 laai5 hau6
shamelessly insist another person is one's friend
賴地硬laai6 dei6 ngaang6
(to blame the land for being hard); to make excuses and deny one's responsibility; a bad workman blames his tools
賴死laai6 sei2
refusing (spoken)
賴床laai6 cong4
stay/linger in bed after waking up; feel too lazy to get out of bed

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