sài = s + ai4
to compete / competition / match / to surpass / better than / superior to / to excel
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How to pronounce 赛

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= s initial

Socrates.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ai4 final

In the airplane’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

赛 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
mián = mi + an2
"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]
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jǐng = ji + (e)ng3
a well / CL:口[kou3] / neat / orderly
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= ji + Ø1
surname Ji
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= ji + Ø1
"pedestal" component in Chinese characters
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= qi + Ø2
archaic variant of 其[qi2]
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bèi = b + ei4
cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)
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Characters with 赛 as component

赛 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 赛

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competition (sports etc) / match / CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4] / to compete
finals (of a competition)
grand contest

Sentences with 赛

赛 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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sài

to compete / competition / match / to surpass / better than / superior to / to excel

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