赛 sài
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
赛跑
sàipǎo
to race; running race
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 与其和同龄人赛跑，他更愿意和昨天的自己比较。 Yǔqí hé tónglíngrén sàipǎo, tā gèng yuànyì hé zuótiān de zìjǐ bǐjiào. Rather than racing against his peers, he prefers to compare himself with who he was yesterday.
- 小学生们在操场上赛跑。 Xiǎoxuéshēngmen zài cāochǎng shàng sàipǎo. The primary school pupils are racing on the playground.
- 两个孩子赛跑，看谁先跑到楼下。 Liǎng gè háizi sàipǎo, kàn shéi xiān pǎo dào lóuxià. Two children race to see who reaches downstairs first.
Related words
- 比赛 bǐsài competition; match
- 决赛 juésài final match
- 大奖赛 dàjiǎngsài Grand Prix
- 竞赛 jìngsài competition
- 赛事 sàishì competition event
- 联赛 liánsài league; league competition
- 赛 sài to compete; to contest; to surpass
- 赛车 sàichē racing car; motor racing
- 赛季 sàijì sports season; competitive season
- 预赛 yùsài preliminary contest; preliminary round
- 跑 pǎo to run
- 跑步 pǎobù to run