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赛 — to compete; competition; match

to compete; competition; match; to surpass; better than

Pinyin
sài
Strokes
14
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 赛: 14 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

赛 — 14 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 赛 in the HSK syllabus: 13

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 比赛bǐsàicompetition; match; to competeHSK 3
  2. 参赛cānsàito compete; to take part in a competitionHSK 4
  3. 大赛dàsàigrand contestHSK 4
  4. 决赛juésàifinalsHSK 5
  5. 赛场sàichǎngracetrack; fieldHSK 5
  6. 竞赛jìngsàito compete; to raceHSK 6
  7. 赛事sàishìcompetitionHSK 6
  8. 联赛liánsàileague; league tournamentHSK 7–9
  9. 赛sàito compete; competition; match; to surpassHSK 7–9
  10. 赛车sàichēauto race; cycle race; race carHSK 7–9
  11. 赛季sàijìseasonHSK 7–9
  12. 赛跑sàipǎorace; to raceHSK 7–9
  13. 预赛yùsàipreliminary competition; to hold preliminary heatsHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.