Chinese word dictionary

赖床

lài chuáng · to have a lie-in; to dawdle in bed

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Word information

Simplified赖床

Traditional賴床

Pinyinlài chuáng

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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

赖lài

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

床chuáng

bed, couch; framework, chassis

How to learn 赖床

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Words with the same characters

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起床qǐchuáng

to get out of bed; to get up

床chuáng

bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhang1]); bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc); frame; chassis; classifier for blankets, quilts etc; variant of 床[chuang2]

床单chuángdān

bed sheet; CL:條|条[tiao2],件[jian4],張|张[zhang1],床[chuang2]

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