How to say “deny” in Chinese

“Deny” in Chinese is 赖, lài: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.

How to pronounce it

赖 is read lài. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.

How to write it

Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “赖”.

Examples

Sentences from the course lessons with 赖. Tap the sound icon to listen.

• 他是一个值得信赖的朋友。tāshìyígezhídéxìnlàidepéngyouHe’s a friend you can count on.
• 孩子长大了，不能总是依赖父母。háizizhǎngdàle,bùnéngzǒngshìyīlàifùmǔThe child has grown up — he can’t always depend on his parents.
• 现代人过度依赖手机xiàndàirénguòdùyīlàishǒujīPeople today depend too much on their phones.
• 他是值得信赖的人tāshìzhídéxìnlàiderénHe’s a person you can trust.
• 政府大力发展新能源，以便减少对石油的依赖。zhèngfǔdàlìfāzhǎnxīnnéngyuán,yǐbiànjiǎnshǎoduìshíyóudeyīlàiThe government is vigorously developing new energy sources to reduce dependence on oil.

More characters by topic — happiness, luck, strength, nature — on the page “Chinese characters with meanings”.

More words from the lesson “Respect and looking down”

• 看不起 look down on
• 看得起 respect
• 顾 attend to
• 呆 dumbstruck
• 淘气 naughty

Look up another word in the Chinese–English dictionary: in English, in pinyin or in characters.

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