賴

Information about character(s)

Radical: 貝
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 16
Simplified Form: 赖
Variants: 頼

Pronunciation

Pinyin: lài
Cantonese: laai6
JapaneseKun: TANOMU TAYORU TAYORI
JapaneseOn: RAI
Korean: LOY

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: rely, depend on; accuse falsely

CE-Dict: 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

Soothill: To rely upon, depend on; throw the burden on, repudiate.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to depend on
2.to disclaim
3.to shift the blame on others
4.[Informal] to blame (on)

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: bilk; go back on one's word; hold on in a place; poor; reply

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: bilk; go back on one's word; hold on in a place; poor; reply

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《貝部》賴贏也。从貝剌聲。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集中】【貝字部】賴
〔古文〕𩓃【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤落蓋切，音癩。【說文】贏也。【類篇】一曰恃也。【書·大禹謨】萬世永賴。【疏】萬代常所恃賴。　又【史記·高祖紀】大人常以臣無賴。【註】晉灼曰：賴，利也。無利於家也。或曰江淮之閒謂小兒多詐狡猾爲無賴。　又【揚子·方言】予賴，讎也。南楚之外曰賴，秦晉曰讎。【註】賴，亦惡名。　又姓。【風俗通】交阯太守賴先。【玉海】賴氏，國名。漢有校尉賴丹。　又【韻補】叶力制切。【班固·答賓戲】福不盈眥，禍溢于世，凶人且以自悔，况吉士而是賴。○按《說文》从貝剌聲。俗作頼。非。

CF-Dict: mauvais/ dépendre/se maintenir/refuser de reconnaître/accuser faussement

Han-De-Dict: ablehnen, dementieren, abstreiten, leugnen (u.E.) (V)/lausig, erbärmlich (u.E.) (Adj)/Lai (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)/beschuldigen, tadeln (u.E.)

Finnish: luottaa johonkin, olla jonkin varassa; syyttää muita; kieltää; huono, surkea; laiska