无赖 (wúlài) · rogue; scoundrel; rascal

Measure Word

一个无赖 gè

Meanings

1 rogue; scoundrel; rascal
2 shameless; unreasonable

Characters

to rely on; to deny; shameless

Examples

HSK 2

你怎么能这么无赖呢？

Nǐ zěnme néng zhème wúlài ne?

How can you be so shameless?

HSK 6

别跟那个无赖打交道。

Bié gēn nàge wúlài dǎjiāodào.

Don't deal with that scoundrel.

HSK 7-9

他就是个无赖，说话不算数。

Tā jiùshì ge wúlài, shuōhuà bù suànshù.

He's just a scoundrel who doesn't keep his word.

Tips

memory

无 (without) + 赖 (rely on/depend) = someone with nothing to rely on, hence a desperate rogue with nothing to lose.

register

无赖 carries a literary tone compared to more colloquial insults like 混蛋 or 流氓. It suggests cunning dishonesty rather than brute thuggery.

Stroke Order

无 wú

赖 lài

Related Words

无耻 wúchǐ HSK 7-9 #5,656

shameless / brazen / disgraceful

无论如何 wúlùnrúhé HSK 7-9 #2,126

no matter what / in any case / at all costs

无家可归 wújiā-kěguī HSK 7-9 #5,080

homeless / without a home to return to

无关紧要 wúguān-jǐnyào HSK 7-9 #4,463

of no consequence; unimportant / irrelevant; immaterial

无比 wúbǐ HSK 7-9 #4,007

incomparably / unparalleled / extremely

无知 wúzhī HSK 7-9 #5,317

ignorant / lacking knowledge

无能为力 wúnéng-wéilì HSK 7-9 #3,651

powerless to do anything; helpless / unable to help

无意 wúyì HSK 7-9 #3,570

unintentional / inadvertent / to have no intention of

无力 wúlì HSK 7-9 #6,815

powerless; lacking strength / unable; incapable

无情 wúqíng HSK 7-9 #5,616

heartless / merciless / ruthless