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(2) A contest: 比賽 ditto;
球賽 a ball game;
田徑賽 track and field meet.
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.
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.