賽
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sài · to compete, to contend

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17Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

Keep the upper section balanced above the lower section.

貝Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 賽

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Example sentences

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Wǒ zuó tiān qù kàn le bàng qiú bǐ sài.我昨天去看了棒球比賽。

I went to see the baseball game yesterday.

Source: Tatoeba #13734220 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ hé tā bǐ sài pǎo bù.我和他比賽跑步。

I ran a race with him.

Source: Tatoeba #795806 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā zài bǐ sài zhōng huò dé le dì èr míng.她在比賽中獲得了第二名。

She won second place in the competition.

Source: Tatoeba #13833968 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ mén de duì wǔ shū le suǒ yǒu de bǐ sài.我們的隊伍輸了所有的比賽。

Our team lost all of its games.

Source: Tatoeba #801952 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yàoshi wǒ mén yíng le zhè chǎng bǐ sài jiù hǎo le.要是我們贏了這場比賽就好了。

I wish we had won the game.

Source: Tatoeba #892560 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ mén de tuán duì shū le suǒ yǒu de qiú sài.我們的團隊輸了所有的球賽。

Our team lost all of its games.

Source: Tatoeba #1351238 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 賽 in context

  1. Say sài, then recall the core meaning: to compete, to contend.
  2. Write all 17 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 賽 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.