莱

lái

l+ái·2nd tone

name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc)

Radical: 艹 Strokes: 10

Structure: Top small, bottom largeFrequency: Less common

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏薄荒若

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Character Decomposition

莱=艹+来

Etymology

grass

Meanings

name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc)

Chenopodium album

lái

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Words with 莱 173 total

field with dense growth of wild weeds莱芜lái wú (Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live; (by extension) fairyland蓬莱Péng lái Clay (name)克莱Kè lái Brunei文莱Wén lái (Tw) Brunei汶莱Wèn lái Lecce (city in Italy)莱切Lái qiè Leica camera · Lycra (fiber or fabric)莱卡Lái kǎ Lae, second-largest city in Papua New Guinea, capital of Morobe Province莱城Lái Chéng (loanword) lime莱姆lái mǔ (name) Ryan莱恩Lái ēn (surname) Wright莱特Lái tè radish莱菔lái fú (Tw) (neologism) pork containing ractopamine lái kè duō bā àn莱猪lái zhū Leiden (the Netherlands)莱顿Lái dùn Shelley · abbr. for 珀西·比希··比希·雪莱雪莱Xuě lái Leipzig, city in the state of Saxony, Germany莱比锡Lái bǐ xī Rhine River莱茵河Lái yīn Hé

Idioms with 莱 1 total Chain

(idiom) to amuse one's parents in the manner of Lao Laizi; fig. to show filial piety by entertaining one's parents老莱娱亲lǎo lái yú qīn

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