賽跑

赛

賽

sài

跑

pǎo

race (running) / to race (running)

Characters and words in 賽跑

赛

賽

sài = s + ai4

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

赛 = 宀 + 井 + 丌 + 贝 : Socrates (s) and the crab (贝) are competing in a competition (赛) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). The competition is about stacking wells (井) as high as possible. After time's up, Socrates is the clear winner. He climbs the winner's pedestal (丌) and receives a honorary PhD and thus a graduation cap (宀).

跑

páo = p + ao2

(of an animal) to paw (the ground)

跑

pǎo = p + ao3

to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate / (verb complement) away / off

跑 = ⻊ + 包 : Pinocchio stole a colorful handbag from someone in the aorta and runs as fast as he can. He didn't have time to look for which direction he actually was heading, so he stumbles and falls head-first into a big cowboy boot.