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

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/

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	/tuo^X/	/sʌi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/tuo^X/	/səi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/to^X/	/sɒi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɔ^X/	/səj^H/
Li Rong	/to^X/	/sᴀi^H/
Wang Li	/tu^X/	/sɒi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tuo^X/	/sɑ̆i^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dǔ	sài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dou²	soi³

Verb

賭賽 (literary)

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)
to make a bet