賽高

See also: 赛高

Chinese

		to compete; competition; match	high; tall
trad. (賽高)		賽	高
simp. (赛高)		赛	高

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching from Japanese 最高(さいこう) (saikō), from Middle Chinese 最高 (MC tswajH kaw). Doublet of 脆骨 (cuìgǔ), which is from Korean 최고(最高) (choego).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sàigāo

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄞˋ ㄍㄠ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sàigāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄞˋ ㄍㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sàigao
  - Wade–Giles: sai⁴-kao¹
  - Yale: sài-gāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saygau
  - Palladius: сайгао (sajgao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saɪ̯⁵¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Interjection

賽高

(ACG, Internet slang) awesome! great! amazing!
輕音賽高！／轻音赛高！ ― Qīngyīn sàigāo! ― K-On! is the best!

炮姐賽高！／炮姐赛高！ ― Pàojiě sàigāo! ― Mikoto Misaka is the best!