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lái

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lái Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lái | lai2
English translation
weed, goosefoot; fallow field; used in transliterations

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About lái

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

lái

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

grass

Etymology of lái

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹来

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

lái

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and lái represents the sound. Simplified form of lái .

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Example sentences using lái

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ō , bīn 格莱先生 Xiānsheng de Chē yāo sòng de 朋友 péngyou dào 麦里 tún , 斯脱夫妇 fūfù yòu shì yǒu Chē .

Oh! but the gentlemen will have Mr. Bingley's chaise to go to Meryton; and the Hursts have no horses to theirs.

布莱克先生 Xiānsheng 生病 shēngbìng le , 因此 yīncǐ zài dài de .

Mr. Black was ill, so she was taking his class instead.

布莱恩 Bù lái ēn de 新娘 xīnniáng 烘焙 hōng bèi le xiǎo 面包 miànbāo , 但是 dànshì què mǎi le 布莱克的新娘烘焙的面包.

Brian's bride bakes bun, but Brian buys baked bread by Black's bride.

xiǎo 天狼 xīng 布莱克 shì tiáo gǒu ( 大脚板 ), xiǎo 矮星 aǐ xīng 彼得 Bǐ dé 变为 biàn wéi 一只耗子 hào zi ( chóng 尾巴 wěiba ).

Sirius became a large dog ( Padfoot ) while Peter became a rat ( Wormtail ).

包括 bāokuò 阶段 jiēduàn de 珀莱 Dōng 7 yuè zài 兰斯 Lán sī , 法国 Fǎ guó 7.

The peloton covers stage four July 7 in Reims, France.

Words with lái

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
lái Chenopodium album lái
好莱坞 Hǎo lái wù Hollywood好萊塢
布莱尔 Bù lái ěr Blair (name)布萊爾
克莱尔 Kè lái ěr Claire (name)克萊爾
布莱恩 Bù lái ēn Brian (name)布萊恩
蓬莱 Péng lái by extension, fairyland蓬萊
欧莱雅 Ōu lái yǎ L'Oréal (French cosmetics company)歐萊雅
克莱斯勒 Kè lái sī lè Chrysler克萊斯勒
劳斯莱斯 Láo sī Lái sī Rolls-Royce勞斯萊斯
贝尔格莱德 Bèi ěr gé lái dé Belgrade, capital of Serbia貝爾格萊德
克莱 Kè lái Clay (name)克萊
文莱 Wén lái Brunei Darussalam, independent sultanate in northwest Borneo文萊
阿德莱德 Ā dé lái dé Adelaide, capital of South Australia阿德萊德
莱卡 Lái kǎ Leica camera萊卡
莱西 Lái xī Laixi county level city in Qingdao 青島|青岛 Qīng dǎo , Shandong萊西

lái Decomposition & Compounds

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