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赛

sài

HSK 3 Character Traditional 賽

What 赛 means

1. to compete
2. competition
3. match
4. to surpass
5. better than
6. superior to
7. to excel

Example sentences

• 你看了比赛吗？
  Did you watch the game?
• 比赛几点开始？
  What time will the game start?
• 我们比赛输了。
  We lost the game.
• 他想叁加比赛。
  He would like to take part in the competition.
• 汤姆赢了比赛。
  Tom won the race.
• 汤姆输了比赛。
  Tom lost the race.

Words starting with 赛

• 赛季sài jìseason (sports)
• 赛车sài chēauto race; cycle race; race car
• 赛场sài chǎngracetrack; field (for athletics competition)
• 赛事sài shìcompetition (e.g. sporting)
• 赛马sài mǎhorse racing; racehorse
• 赛跑sài pǎorace (running); to race (running)
• 赛道sài dàorace course
• 赛程sài chéngcompetition schedule; the course of a race
• 赛扬Sài yángCeleron (an Intel chip)
• 赛段sài duànstage of a competition
• 赛马场sài mǎ chǎngrace course; race ground; race track
• 赛制sài zhìcompetition format; tournament system (e.g. round robin, single-elimination knockout etc)
• 赛博sài bó(loanword) cyber-
• 赛会sài huìreligious procession; exposition
• 赛船sài chuánboat race; racing ship or boat
• 赛点sài diǎnmatch point (tennis etc)
• 赛先生Sài xiān sheng"Mr Science", phrase used during the May 4th Movement 五四运动; abbr. for 赛因斯; see also 德先生
• 赛力斯Sài lì sīSeres, Chinese electric vehicle brand
• 赛因斯sài yīn sī(loanword) science (early 20th-century term)
• 赛格威Sài gé wēiSegway PT
• 赛义迪Sài yì díSaid or Sayed (Arabic name)
• 赛车场sài chē chǎngmotor racetrack; cycle racetrack
• 赛车手sài chē shǒuracing driver
• 赛轮思Sài lún sīCerence, US company providing AI-based automotive assistants

Words containing 赛

• 比赛bǐ sàicompetition (sports etc); match; to compete
• 决赛jué sàifinals (of a competition)
• 竞赛jìng sàito compete; to race; contest; competition; match; race
• 预赛yù sàipreliminary competition; to hold preliminary heats
• 大赛dà sàigrand contest
• 联赛lián sài(sports) league; league tournament
• 参赛cān sàito compete; to take part in a competition
• 锦标赛jǐn biāo sàichampionship contest; championships
• 总决赛zǒng jué sàifinals (sports)
• 球赛qiú sài(ball sports) game; match
• 大奖赛dà jiǎng sàigrand prix
• 半决赛bàn jué sàisemifinals
• 公开赛gōng kāi sài(sports) open championship; open (as in "the US Open")
• 足球赛zú qiú sàisoccer match; soccer competition
• 马赛Mǎ sàiMarseille, city in south France; Basay, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
• 参赛者cān sài zhěcompetitor
• 世锦赛shì jǐn sàiworld championship
• 开赛kāi sàito start a match; the kick-off
• 马赛克mǎ sài kèmosaic (loanword); pixelation
• 复赛fù sài(sports) semifinal or quarterfinal; to compete in a semifinal (or a quarterfinal)
• 小组赛xiǎo zǔ sài(sports) group stage; group-stage match
• 初赛chū sàipreliminary contest; initial heats of a competition
• 友谊赛yǒu yì sàifriendly match; friendly competition
• 邀请赛yāo qǐng sàiinvitation tournament (e.g. between schools or firms)

Characters built on 宀

These share the phonetic component 宀 (mián), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 害hàito do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm
• 灾zāidisaster; calamity
• 寨zhàistronghold; stockade; camp
• 宅zháiresidence; (colloquial) to stay in at home; to hang around at home
• 宰zǎito slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (colloquial) to fleece; to rip off…

Characters that look like 赛

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 寨zhàistronghold; stockade; camp
• 睿ruìastute; perspicacious; farsighted
• 廖Liàosurname Liao
• 蕃fánluxuriant; flourishing; to reproduce
• 摹mó(bound form) to imitate; to copy
• 篓lǒubasket

Sounds the same

Read sài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 塞(bound form) strategic stronghold
• 僿small, minute; lacking sincerity