賽

See also: 赛

Translingual

Han character

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

1. compete, contend
2. contest, race

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sài (sai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coi³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhoi / soi
• Min Nan (POJ): sài / sè

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: sài
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄞˋ
    • Wade-Giles: sai⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: say
    • IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: coi³
    • Yale: choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhoi / soi
    • Hakka Romanization System: coi / soi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: coi⁴ / soi⁴
    • IPA: /t͡sʰo̯i⁵⁵/, /so̯i⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sài / sè
    • Tâi-lô: sài / sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saix, sex
    • IPA (Taipei): /saɪ¹¹/, /se¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /saɪ²¹/, /se²¹/
    • Note: sài - literary; sè - vernacular.

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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/

Noun

賽

1. competition; contest

   決賽 / 决赛  ―  juésài  ―  final

Compounds

• 比賽／比赛 (bǐsài)
• 競賽／竞赛 (jìngsài)
• 決賽／决赛 (juésài)
• 半決賽／半决赛

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Japanese

Kanji

賽

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: さい (sai)
• Kun: しあい (shiai), きそう (kisou), 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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