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赛跑

sài pǎo · sai pao

Traditional 賽跑

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. race (running)
  2. to race (running)
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In a conversation

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A race to the tree

  1. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)来(lái)赛跑(sàipǎo)吧(ba)！跑(pǎo)到(dào)那(nà)棵(kē)树(shù)！

    Let us race! Run to that tree!

  2. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)！我们(wǒmen)赛跑(sàipǎo)，输(shū)的(de)人(rén)拿(ná)包(bāo)。

    Good! We race, and the loser carries the bags.

  3. Liangliang

    一二三(yīèrsān)，跑(pǎo)！

    One, two, three, run!

  4. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)赢(yíng)了(le)！赛跑(sàipǎo)我(wǒ)最(zuì)厉害(lìhai)！

    I won! I am the best at racing!

  5. Liangliang

    可是(kěshì)你(nǐ)跑错(pǎocuò)了(le)，那(nà)是(shì)另一棵(lìngyīkē)树(shù)！

    But you ran to the wrong tree. That is another tree!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

那(nà)个(gè)赛(sài)跑(pǎo)运(yùn)动(dòng)员(yuán)跃(yuè)过(guò)了(le)地(dì)面(miàn)上(shàng)的(de)洞(dòng)。

The runner jumped over the hole in the ground.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by Source_VOA · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

没(méi)人(rén)认(rèn)为(wéi)汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)赛(sài)跑(pǎo)会(huì)赢(yíng)。

No one thinks Tom will win the race.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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