莱 — Chinese character
莱
lái
weed, goosefoot; fallow field; used in transliterations
- Pinyin
- lái
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 艹 来
- Formation
- pictophonetic — grass; meaning component 艹; sound component 来
- Traditional
- 萊
- Japanese
- 莱 as a kanji
Common words with 莱
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 莱姆 (萊姆) | lái mǔ | (loanword) lime |
| 莱芜 (萊蕪) | lái wú | field with dense growth of wild weeds |
| 史莱姆 (史萊姆) | shǐ lái mǔ | slime (loanword) |
| 莱姆病 (萊姆病) | lái mǔ bìng | Lyme disease |
| 蓬莱仙境 (蓬萊仙境) | péng lái xiān jìng | Penglai, island of immortals; fairyland |
| 波莱罗 (波萊羅) | bō lái luó | bolero (dance) (loanword) |
| 莱菔子 (萊菔子) | lái fú zǐ | radish seed (used in TCM to treat indigestion) |
| 卡巴莱 (卡巴萊) | kǎ bā lái | cabaret (loanword) |
| 奥特莱斯 (奧特萊斯) | ào tè lái sī | outlets (loanword); retail outlet (e.g. specializing in seconds of famous brands) |
| 莱姆酒 (萊姆酒) | lái mǔ jiǔ | see 朗姆酒 (lǎng mǔ jiǔ) |
| 莱菔 (萊菔) | lái fú | radish |
| 莱猪 (萊豬) | lái zhū | (Tw) (neologism) pork containing ractopamine 莱克多巴胺 (lái kè duō bā àn) |
English words written with 莱
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.