| 比赛 | bǐ sài | competition (sports etc); match; CL:场,次 |
| 赛 | sài | to compete; competition; match; to surpass; better than; superior to; to excel |
| 竞赛 | jìng sài | race; competition; CL:个 |
| 凡尔赛 | Fán ěr sài | Versailles (near Paris) |
| 锦标赛 | jǐn biāo sài | championship contest; championships |
| 决赛 | jué sài | finals (of a competition) |
| 径赛 | jìng sài | track events (athletics competition) |
| 军备竞赛 | jūn bèi jìng sài | arms race; armament(s) race |
| 赛跑 | sài pǎo | race (running); to race (running) |
| 田赛 | tián sài | field events (athletics competition) |
| 纳赛尔 | Nà sài ěr | Nasr or Nasser (Arab name); Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-1970), Egyptian President |
| 马赛 | Mǎ sài | Marseille, city in south France; Basay, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan |
| 邀请赛 | yāo qǐng sài | invitation tournament (e.g. between schools or firms) |
| 预赛 | yù sài | preliminary competition; to hold preliminary heats |
| 表演赛 | biǎo yǎn sài | exhibition match |
| 球赛 | qiú sài | sports match; ballgame; CL:场 |
| 赛马 | sài mǎ | horse race; horse racing |
| 复赛 | fù sài | semi-final; intermediary heat of a competition |
三个臭皮匠，
赛过一个诸葛亮 | sān gè chòu pí jiang ,
sài guò yī gè Zhū gě Liàng | lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom; wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual |
三个臭皮匠，
赛过诸葛亮 | sān gè chòu pí jiang ,
sài guò Zhū gě Liàng | lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom; wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual |
| 世锦赛 | shì jǐn sài | world championship |
| 以赛亚书 | Yǐ sài yà shū | Book of Isaiah |
| 伯赛大 | Bó sài dà | Bethsaida (city) |
| 侯赛因 | Hóu sài yīn | Husain or Hussein (name); Hussein (c. 626-680), Muslim leader whose martyrdom is commemorated at Ashura; Saddam Hussein al Tikriti (1937-2006), dictator of Iraq 1979-2003 |
| 个人赛 | gè rén sài | individual competition; individual race |
| 公路赛 | gōng lù sài | road race |
| 公开赛 | gōng kāi sài | championship |
| 再赛 | zài sài | a replay (of sports match); a play-off |
| 冠军赛 | guàn jūn sài | championship |
| 凯林赛 | kǎi lín sài | keirin cycle race (paced stadium event); translit. of Japanese けいりん 竞轮 |
| 出赛 | chū sài | to compete; to take part (in a sports event) |
| 初赛 | chū sài | preliminary contest; initial heats of a competition |
| 加赛 | jiā sài | a play-off; replay |
| 半复赛 | bàn fù sài | eighth finals |
| 半决赛 | bàn jué sài | semifinals |
| 参赛 | cān sài | to compete; taking part in a competition |
| 参赛者 | cān sài zhě | competitor; CL: 名 |
| 友谊赛 | yǒu yì sài | friendly match; friendly competition |
| 吉卜赛 | jí bǔ sài | gypsy (may refer to Roma people, or to Bohemian lifestyle) |
| 吉普赛人 | jí pǔ sài rén | gypsy |
| 和布克赛尔县 | Hé bù kè sài ěr xiàn | Hoboksar Mongol autonomous county or Qobuqsar Mongghul aptonom nahiyisi in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地区, Xinjiang |
和布克赛尔蒙古自
治县 | Hé bù kè sài ěr Měng gǔ zì zhì xiàn | Hoboksar Mongol autonomous county or Qobuqsar Mongghul aptonom nahiyisi in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地区, Xinjiang |
| 和时间赛跑 | hé shí jiān sài pǎo | to race against time |
| 多日赛 | duō rì sài | race of several days; many day competition |
| 奥德赛 | Ào dé sài | Homer's Odyssey |
| 奥赛罗 | Ào sài luó | Othello (play by Shakespeare) |
| 奥运赛 | Ào yùn sài | Olympic competition |
| 季后赛 | jì hòu sài | a playoff |
| 射击比赛 | shè jī bǐ sài | shooting match |
| 对抗赛 | duì kàng sài | duel; match; competition between paired opponents (e.g. sporting) |
