Taxonomy of meanings for 賴:  

  • 賴 lài (OC: b-raads MC: lɑi) 落蓋切 去 廣韻:【蒙也利也善也𦍒也恃也又姓風俗通云漢有交阯太守賴先落蓋切十四 】
    • GRATEFUL
      • vtoNbe grateful to; be grateful for
    • RELY ON
      • vt(oN)rely on
      • vtoN.adVrelying on> based on, on the basis of
      • vtoNgradedSHU: depend on politically (as on a powerful person), depend on (for life); derive profit from 甚賴之
      • vtoSdepend on that; derive profit from that
      • vt[oN.]adVN=humanrelying on othersCH
    • STATES
      • NPprLài 賴 (probably identical with Lì 厲; see Lì 厲) (CHEN PAN 1969, 491)
  • làiLAZY
    • vi= 懶 lǎn be lazy; get lazy CH

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