賽 (coi3 | sai4) : match; compete

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賽

coi3

sai4

[1] match; competition; race; contest
[2] compete; play against; have a match
[3] be comparable to; be as good as
[4] an ancient sacrifice to gods
[5] a Chinese family name

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 17

Level: 3

Radical: (#154)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

賽 / 赛

This word has been viewed 10591 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 16th Jun 2010 12:32

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比賽 bei2 coi3 bi3 sai4 = to compete; competition; race

賽馬 coi3 maa5 = horse racing

決賽 kyut3 coi3 jue2 sai4 = the final (match)

半決賽 bun3 kyut3 coi3 ban4 jue2 sai4 = semifinal, semi-final

預賽 jyu6 coi3 yu4 sai4 = preliminary competition

競賽 ging6 coi3 jing4 sai4 = contest; race; competition

準決賽 zeon2 kyut3 coi3 = semifinal, semi-final 粵

一級方程式賽車 jat1 kap1 fong1 cing4 sik1 coi3 ce1 yi1 fang1 cheng2 shi4 sai4 che1 = formula one race car

接力賽 zip3 lik6 coi3 jie1 li4 sai4 = relay race

淘汰賽 tou4 taai3 coi3 tao2 tai4 sai4 = knockout tournament
See all 53 compounds (CantoDict reports 58 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 賽

今次嘅比賽我哋全軍覆沒，輸得好慘。粵
During the competition, our team was completely annihilated by theirs.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 賽
Unicode code for this character: U+8cfd (off-site link)

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