| 賽 | 934A20 62.80-2 | 部居  | 畫數 17 | ㄙㄞˋ [sai4] | ||
| N. | (1) A surname. (2) A contest: 比賽 ditto; 球賽 a ball game; 田徑賽 track and field meet. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To race (cars, horses): 賽跑，賽車，賽馬 [sai4pao3], [sai4che1], [sai4ma3]↓; 賽狗 dog race. (2) To give offerings of thanks to gods by a festival of parades: 賽神，賽會[sai4shen2], [sai4hui4]↓. (3) To rival s.o. or s.t.: 賽真(of copies of art work) be as good as or rival the original; 賽梨花 (beauty) rivals that of pear blossom or of girl named Pear Blossom; to excel: 賽過 excel (in skill, etc.); 姊妹長的一個賽過一個 the sisters grow up, each prettier than the last. | |||||
| Words | 1. 賽車 [sai4che1], v.i., to race cars. 2. 賽球 [sai4qiu2], v.i., to play ball game. 3. 賽船 [sai4chuan2], v.i., to run boat race; 賽龍船 dragon boat race. 4. 賽拳 [sai4qUan2], n., boxing bout; v.i., to match fingers (drinking game). 5. 賽取 [sai4qU3], v.i., (MC) to give thanks offering. 6. 賽過 [sai4guo4], v.t., to excel. 7. 賽會 [sai4hui4], n., (1) a religious festival with parades of idols, stilts, floats, etc.; n., (2) an exhibition of commercial goods, etc., an exposition. 8. 賽璐珞 [sai4lu4luo4], n., (translit.) celluloid. 9. 賽馬 [sai4ma3], n. & v.i., (hold) a horse race. 10. 賽跑 [sai4pao3], v.i., to hold a race. 11. 賽社 [sai4she4], n., a village festival of offering of thanks to the gods, esp. after harvest. 12. 賽神 [sai4shen2], n., see [sai4hui4] (1)↑. 13. 賽願 [sai4yUan4], n., give offerings of thanks for wish granted. | |||||