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sài
Main
English Definitionto compete; competition; match; to surpass; better than; superior to; to excel
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Pinyinsài
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(After Tone Sandhi)
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Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄙㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)coi3
Part of Speech(动) verb
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=6 TOCFL=7

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Words With Same Head Word    
赛跑sàipǎorace (running); to race (running)
赛季sàijìseason (sports)
赛事sàishìcompetition (e.g. sporting)
赛车sàichēauto race; cycle race; race car
赛场sàichǎngracetrack; field (for athletics competition)
Words With Same Tail Word    
比赛bǐsàicompetition (sports etc); match; to compete
球赛qiúsàisports match; ballgame
决赛juésàifinals (of a competition)
竞赛jìngsàirace; competition
预赛yùsàipreliminary competition; to hold preliminary heats
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