賭賽

Chinese

		bet; gamble	to compete; competition; match
trad. (賭賽)		賭	賽
simp. (赌赛)		赌	赛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǔsài

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˇ ㄙㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǔsài
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˇ ㄙㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǔsài
    • Wade–Giles: tu³-sai⁴
    • Yale: dǔ-sài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duusay
    • Palladius: дусай (dusaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu²¹⁴⁻²¹ saɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tuX sojH

Rime
Character	賭	賽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	當古切	先代切
Baxter	tuX	sojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuoX/	/sʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/tuoX/	/səiH/
Shao Rongfen	/toX/	/sɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɔX/	/səjH/
Li Rong	/toX/	/sᴀiH/
Wang Li	/tuX/	/sɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tuoX/	/sɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dǔ	sài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dou2	soi3

Verb

賭賽 (literary)

1. to compete

   • 特令澄為七言連韻，與高祖往復賭賽，遂至極歡，際夜乃罷。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     特令澄为七言连韵，与高祖往复赌赛，遂至极欢，际夜乃罢。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wei Shou, Book of Wei, 551 – 554 CE

     Tè lìng Chéng wéi qīyán liányùn, yǔ Gāozǔ wǎngfù dǔsài, suì zhì jí huān, jì yè nǎi bà. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. to make a bet