But his grandfather and father, much concerned about the education of their children, sent Lai Ho to a private Chinese academy to study Chinese when he was ten. Later, under Japanese government policy, he entered a Japanese public school.
但是，重視子女教育的父祖，在賴和十歲時，仍送他至書房學漢文，然後在日本政府政策下入公學校「讀日本書」。