Pinyin "lai4"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "lai4" is split up into two parts: "l" and "ai4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.
Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "l"
L is for Sir Lancelot.
Mnemonics for Pinyin final "ai4"
In the airplane's bathroom.
Characters pronounced lai4
surname Lai
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Sir Lancelot (l) and the Dalai Lama (赖) have been trapped in the airplane's bathroom (ai4) for several weeks now. The only food they have is an opossum (负) once in a while, but because the Dalai Lama is not allowed to kill them, he depends on (赖) Lancelot to do it for him. Once the opossum is dead they grill it on a bundle of firewood (束).
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
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Sir Lancelot (l) and the Dalai Lama (赖) have been trapped in the airplane's bathroom (ai4) for several weeks now. The only food they have is an opossum (负) once in a while, but because the Dalai Lama is not allowed to kill them, he depends on (赖) Lancelot to do it for him. Once the opossum is dead they grill it on a bundle of firewood (束).
variant of 賴|赖[lai4]
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Sir Lancelot (l) and the Dalai Lama (赖) have been trapped in the airplane's bathroom (ai4) for several weeks now. The only food they have is an opossum (负) once in a while, but because the Dalai Lama is not allowed to kill them, he depends on (赖) Lancelot to do it for him. Once the opossum is dead they grill it on a bundle of firewood (束).