Thursday 2 June 2022

a race

 How does one say a race in Teochew? Listen to the video and you will know how to say sai3pao2.

bi2sai3

比賽比赛

competition, a match

sai3pao2

賽跑赛跑

a race

Sai3 comes from bi2sai3 and pao2 is from the Mandarin word for run. We normally say run as zao2 and we use the Mandarin pao in running shoes as in pao2oi5 跑鞋 we call a treadmill as pao2bou7gi1 跑步機 a horse race as pao2bhe2 跑馬 etc.



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