无赖

无赖 wúlài

Hoodlum; rascal; rogue; rascally; scoundrelly^†

无赖 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體無賴 wulai

What 无赖 means

Hoodlum^†
rascal^†
rogue^†
rascally^†
scoundrelly^†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 无赖, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Character by character

无赖 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

无

wú

Not have (-less - not - never mind - un-)

赖

lài

Blame (depend - bad)

Words that share a character with 无赖

How to write 无赖

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无赖 in a sentence

他简直就是个无赖。

Tā jiǎnzhí jiù shì ge wúlài.

He is simply a scoundrel.

对付这种无赖只能讲法律。

Duìfu zhè zhǒng wúlài zhǐ néng jiǎng fǎlǜ.

With a rogue like this only the law will do.

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Questions about 无赖

What does 无赖 mean in English?

无赖 is pronounced wúlài and means Hoodlum, rascal, rogue, rascally †. The dictionary lists 5 senses in total, all shown on this page.

How do you pronounce 无赖?

无赖 is wúlài in pinyin — written wulai without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 无赖?

无赖 is written with 2 characters: 无 (wú) Not have (-less - not - never mind - un-), 赖 (lài) Blame (depend - bad). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 无赖 written in traditional Chinese?

無賴. The simplified form 无赖 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 無賴 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced wúlài.

Is 无赖 an HSK word?

Yes — 无赖 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

Studied around the same time

无动于衷 wúdòngyúzhōng 无非 wúfēi 无辜 wúgū 无精打采 wújīngdǎcǎi 无理取闹 wúlǐqǔnào 无能为力 wúnéngwéilì 无穷无尽 wúqióng-wújìn 无微不至 wúwēibúzhì

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