賽高

See also: 赛高

Chinese

		to compete; competition; match	high; tall
trad. (賽高)		賽	高
simp. (赛高)		赛	高

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Japanese 最高(さいこう) (saikō), from Middle Chinese 最高 (MC tswajH kaw). Doublet of 脆骨 (cuìgǔ), which is from Korean 최고(最高) (choego).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sàigāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄞˋ ㄍㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sàigāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄞˋ ㄍㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sàigao
    • Wade–Giles: sai⁴-kao¹
    • Yale: sài-gāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saygau
    • Palladius: сайгао (sajgao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Interjection

賽高

1. (ACG, Internet slang) awesome! great! amazing!

   輕音賽高！／轻音赛高！  ―  Qīngyīn sàigāo!  ―  K-On! is the best!

   炮姐賽高！／炮姐赛高！  ―  Pàojiě sàigāo!  ―  Mikoto Misaka is the best!