賽

See also: 赛

賽 U+8CFD, 賽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CFD ← 購 [U+8CFC] CJK Unified Ideographs 賾 → [U+8CFE]

Translingual

Han character

賽 (radical 154, 貝+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 十廿金金 (JTCC), four-corner 3080₆, composition ⿱𡨄貝)

Derived characters

• 㘔(𫬐), 𡤐, 𨙇

References

• KangXi: page 1211, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36886
• Dae Jaweon: page 1677, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3655, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8CFD

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Chinese

trad.		賽
simp.		赛
variant forms		𡧳 former Singaporean simp. ⿱宀覀 2nd round simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 賽
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu Slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (塞) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
賽	*slɯːɡs
塞	*slɯːɡs, *slɯːɡ
簺	*slɯːɡs
僿	*hljɯɡs
寨	*zraːds, *slɯːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sài (sai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhoi / soi
• Min Bei (KCR): so̿
• Min Dong (BUC): suói
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): sài / sèr / sè

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sai³

• Wu (Wiktionary): se (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sài
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄞˋ
    • Wade–Giles: sai⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: say
    • IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi³
    • Yale: choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: coi³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːy̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhoi / soi
    • Hakka Romanization System: coi / soi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: coi⁴ / soi⁴
    • IPA: /t͡sʰoi̯⁵⁵/, /soi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: so̿
    • IPA ^(key): /so³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: suói
    • IPA ^(key): /suɔi²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sài
    • Tâi-lô: sài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /saɪ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /saɪ¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /saɪ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sèr
    • Tâi-lô: sèr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sə⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè
    • Tâi-lô: sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sex
    • IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /se²¹/

Note:

• sài - literary;
• sèr/sè - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: sai³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sài
  • IPA ^(key): /sai²¹³/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: se (T2)
  • IPA ^(key): /se̞³⁴/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 賽
Mandarin	Beijing	/sai⁵¹/
	Harbin	/sai⁵³/
	Tianjin	/sai⁵³/
	Jinan	/sɛ²¹/
	Qingdao	/sɛ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/sai³¹²/
	Xi'an	/sai⁴⁴/
	Xining	/sɛ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/sɛ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/sɛ¹³/
	Ürümqi	/sai²¹³/
	Wuhan	/sai³⁵/
	Chengdu	/sai¹³/
	Guiyang	/sai²¹³/
	Kunming	/sæ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/sae⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/se̞⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/sai⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/sæ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/sɛ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/se³⁵/
	Suzhou	/se̞⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/se̞⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/se⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/sɛ³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/sə⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/sai⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/sai⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/sai⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/soi⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/soi⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰɔi³³/
	Nanning	/sɔi³³/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰɔi³³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/sai²¹/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/suɔi²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/so³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/sai²¹³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/sai³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /sʌi^H/▼

Rime
Character	賽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	先代切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/səiH/
Shao Rongfen	/sɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/səjH/
Li Rong	/sᴀiH/
Wang Li	/sɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sài

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*slɯːɡs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	賽
Reading #	1/1
No.	10957
Phonetic component	塞
Rime group	代
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	賽
Old Chinese	/*slɯːɡs/

Definitions

賽

1. to compete; to contend
2. competition; contest; race

   決賽 / 决赛  ―  juésài  ―  final

Compounds

Derived terms from 賽

• 公開賽／公开赛 (gōngkāisài)
• 冠軍賽／冠军赛 (guànjūnsài)
• 凡爾賽／凡尔赛 (Fán'ěrsài)
• 凡爾賽宮／凡尔赛宫 (Fán'ěrsài Gōng)
• 出賽／出赛
• 初賽／初赛
• 半決賽／半决赛 (bànjuésài)
• 參賽／参赛 (cānsài)
• 友誼賽／友谊赛
• 合格賽／合格赛
• 吉卜賽人／吉卜赛人 (jíbǔsàirén)
• 吉普賽／吉普赛 (Jípǔsài)
• 吉賽爾／吉赛尔
• 單人車賽／单人车赛
• 單循環賽／单循环赛
• 報賽／报赛
• 奧德賽／奥德赛 (Àodésài)
• 奧賽羅／奥赛罗
• 完全比賽／完全比赛
• 對抗賽／对抗赛
• 延長賽／延长赛
• 彌賽亞／弥赛亚 (Mísàiyà)
• 徑賽／径赛
• 循環賽／循环赛
• 技能競賽／技能竞赛
• 拳賽／拳赛
• 接力賽／接力赛
• 接力賽跑／接力赛跑
• 擂臺賽／擂台赛

• 春賽／春赛
• 棒球賽／棒球赛
• 比賽／比赛 (bǐsài)
• 決賽／决赛 (juésài)
• 沒賽／没赛
• 法利賽人／法利赛人 (Fǎlìsàirén)
• 淘汰賽／淘汰赛 (táotàisài)
• 演講比賽／演讲比赛
• 無賽／无赛
• 熱身賽／热身赛
• 球賽／球赛 (qiúsài)
• 田徑賽／田径赛
• 田賽／田赛
• 百米賽跑／百米赛跑
• 競賽／竞赛 (jìngsài)
• 籃賽／篮赛
• 義賽／义赛
• 聯賽／联赛 (liánsài)
• 與賽／与赛
• 芭賽／芭赛
• 表演賽／表演赛
• 複賽／复赛 (fùsài)
• 觀賽／观赛
• 調賽／调赛
• 賭賽／赌赛
• 賽先生／赛先生
• 賽區／赛区
• 賽夏族／赛夏族 (Sàixiàzú)
• 賽普勒斯／赛普勒斯 (Sàipǔlèsī)

• 賽會／赛会 (sàihuì)
• 賽村社／赛村社
• 賽球／赛球
• 賽璐玢／赛璐玢 (sàilùfēn)
• 賽璐珞／赛璐珞 (sàilùluò)
• 賽神／赛神
• 賽程／赛程 (sàichéng)
• 賽跑／赛跑 (sàipǎo)
• 賽路神／赛路神
• 賽車／赛车 (sàichē)
• 賽願／赛愿
• 賽馬／赛马 (sàimǎ)
• 賽鴿／赛鸽
• 越野賽跑／越野赛跑
• 跳躍比賽／跳跃比赛
• 迎神賽會／迎神赛会 (yíngshén sàihuì)
• 選拔賽／选拔赛
• 邀請賽／邀请赛
• 酬賽／酬赛
• 錦標賽／锦标赛 (jǐnbiāosài)
• 開賽／开赛
• 阿克賽欽／阿克赛钦 (Ākèsàiqīn)
• 障礙賽跑／障碍赛跑
• 預賽／预赛 (yùsài)
• 馬賽克／马赛克 (mǎsàikè)
• 馬賽港／马赛港
• 龍舟比賽／龙舟比赛
• 龍舟賽／龙舟赛
• 龜兔賽跑／龟兔赛跑

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Japanese

Kanji

賽

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. dice
2. temple visit

Readings

• Go-on: さい (sai)
• Kan-on: さい (sai)
• Kun: しあい (shiai); きそう (kisō); むくいまつる (mukuimatsuru)

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Korean

Hanja

賽 • (sae) (hangeul 새, revised sae, McCune–Reischauer sae, Yale say)

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Vietnamese

Han character

賽 (tái, trại)

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