Chinese word dictionary

耍赖

shuǎlài · to act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc; to act dumb; to act as if sth never happened

Practice word

Word information

Simplified耍赖

Traditional耍賴

Pinyinshuǎlài

Part of speech动

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

耍shuǎ

to play, to frolic, to amuse

赖lài

to depend on, to rely on; to bilk, to deny; poor

How to learn 耍赖

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赖lài

surname Lai; (Tw) (coll.) LINE messaging app; 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; variant of 賴|赖[lai4]

信赖xìnlài

to trust; to have confidence in; to have faith in; to rely on

依赖yīlài

to depend on; to be dependent on

耍shuǎ

surname Shua; to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc)

玩耍wánshuǎ

to play (as children do); to amuse oneself

无赖wúlài

hoodlum; rascal; rogue; rascally; scoundrelly