奧賽

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àosài

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ ㄙㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ou³ coi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ò-sài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àosài
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˋ ㄙㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àosài
    • Wade–Giles: ao⁴-sai⁴
    • Yale: àu-sài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: awsay
    • Palladius: аосай (aosaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ saɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ou³ coi³
    • Yale: ou choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ou³ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ou³ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ò-sài
    • Tâi-lô: ò-sài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oirsaix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /o⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /o²¹⁻⁵³ sai²¹/

Etymology 1

		obscure; mysterious	to compete; competition; match
trad. (奧賽)		奧	賽
simp. (奥赛)		奥	赛

Short for 奧林匹克競賽／奥林匹克竞赛 (àolínpǐkè jìngsài).

Noun

奧賽

1. Olympiad (science competitions), especially those organized in China

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (奧賽)		奧	賽
simp. (奥赛)		奥	赛

From French Orsay.

Proper noun

奧賽

1. Orsay (a commune of the Essonne department, Île-de-France, France)