| 赖 | lài | 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; surname Lai |
| 赖氨酸 | lài ān suān | lysine (Lys), an essential amino acid |
| 赖以 | lài yǐ | to rely on; to depend on |
| 赖婚 | lài hūn | to go back on a marriage contract; to repudiate an engagement |
| 赖安 | Lài ān | Ryan (name) |
| 赖床 | lài chuáng | to have a lie-in; to dawdle in bed |
| 赖斯 | Lài sī | Rice (name); Condoleezza Rice (1954-) US Secretary of State 2005-2009 |
| 赖昌星 | Lài Chāng xīng | Lai Changxing (1958-), notorious Xiamen mafia boss involved in large scale corruption and smuggling, extradited from Canada back to China in 2008 |
| 赖校族 | lài xiào zú | campus dwellers (slang); graduates who cannot break away from campus life |
| 赖特 | Lài tè | Wright (name) |
| 赖皮 | lài pí | shameless; (slang) rascal |
| 赖声川 | Lài Shēng chuān | Lai Shengchuan (1954-), US-Taiwanese dramatist and director |
| 赖脸 | lài liǎn | to be shameless |
| 赖账 | lài zhàng | to renege on a debt |
