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 走 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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