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赛
賽
sài
1. to compete
2. competition
3. match
4. to surpass
5. better than
6. superior to
7. to excel
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

赛
sài
to compete, to contend; contest, race
HSK 3 14 丶

Compound Words (20)

再赛
zàisài
a replay (of sports match)
出赛
chūsài
to compete
初赛
chūsài
preliminary contest
加赛
jiāsài
a play-off
参赛
cānsài
to compete
带赛
dàisài
(Taiwan slang) to bring bad luck
径赛
jìngsài
track events (athletics competition)
普赛
pǔsài
psi (Greek letter Ψψ)
棋赛
qísài
chess game
比赛
bǐsài
competition (sports etc)
HSK 3
决赛
juésài
finals (of a competition)
HSK 5
球赛
qiúsài
sports match
田赛
tiánsài
field events (athletics competition)
祭赛
jìsài
to give sacrifice
竞赛
jìngsài
race
HSK 6
联赛
liánsài
(sports) league
复赛
fùsài
semi-final
赛事
sàishì
competition (e.g. sporting)
赛场
sàichǎng
racetrack
赛季
sàijì
season (sports)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
1,063
Word Frequency Rank
600 of 84,292

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