塞 sāi

1. sāi verb to stop up; to block; to seal; to cork
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Also pronounced sè or sēi (Guoyu '塞' sāi v 1; Kroll 2015 '塞' sāi 1, p. 395; Unihan '塞')
2. sài noun a fortress
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Military
   Notes: As in 要塞; may refer to the great Wall (Guoyu '塞' sài n 1; Kroll 2015 '塞' sài 1, p. 395; Unihan '塞')
3. sài noun a pass; a frontier
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 边境 (Guoyu '塞' sài n 2; Unihan '塞')
4. sè verb to remedy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 補救 (Guoyu '塞' sè v 4)
5. sāi noun a stopper; a seal
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 塞子; for example, 瓶塞 'bottle stopper' (Guoyu '塞' sāi n 1)
6. sè verb to fill
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 充满, as in 充塞 (Guoyu '塞' sè v 2; Kroll 2015 '塞' sāi 1b, p. 395)
7. sāi verb to prohibit; to restrain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '塞' sāi 1a, p. 395)
8. sāi verb to compensate; to supply
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '塞' sāi 1c, p. 395)
9. sài noun name of a board game
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 簺 (Kroll 2015 '塞' sài 3, p. 395)
10. sài noun repayment to deities
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 酬报神明 (Guoyu '塞' sài n 2; Kroll 2015 '塞' sài 2, p. 395)
11. sè verb to stop up; to block; to seal; to cork
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: As in 堵塞 (Guoyu '塞' sè v 1; Unihan '塞')
12. sāi verb blocked; obstructed; jammed
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 塞车 'traffic jam' (Guoyu '塞' sāi v 2)

Contained in

• 塞忠谏(塞忠諫) stop loyal remonstrance
• 填街塞巷 congested streets and blocked alleys
• 填塞 to fill up; to cram; to stuff
• 瓶塞钻(瓶塞鑽) corkscrew
• 塞哥维亚(塞哥維亞) Segovia, Spain
• 哇塞 wow!
• 塞渊(塞淵) honest and far-seeing
• 滞塞(滯塞) to obstruct
• 阻塞 to block; to clog
• 斯宾塞(斯賓塞) Spencer or Spence (name)
• 闭门塞窦(閉門塞竇) to close doors and block openings; mounting a strict defense
• 塞翁失马安知非福(塞翁失馬安知非福) the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best; a blessing in disguise
• 埃塞俄比亚界(埃塞俄比亞界) Ethiopian Zone, aka Afrotropical realm
• 茅塞顿开(茅塞頓開) an obstruction suddenly opens; to suddenly realize
• 桑娇维塞(桑嬌維塞) Sangiovese (grape type)
• 郁塞(鬱塞) constricted (feeling); oppressed
• 塞尔特(塞爾特) Celtic
• 心肌梗塞 myocardial infarction; heart attack
• 抑塞 to repress; gloomy
• 堰塞湖 dammed lake; lake formed by landslip or lava flow
• 卢塞恩(盧塞恩) Lucerne, Switzerland
• 语塞(語塞) to be at a loss for words; speechless
• 阿塞拜疆人 Azerbaijan (person)
• 填塞物 stuffing; filling material
• 塞外 beyond the Great Wall
• 耳塞 earplug; earphone
• 豺狼塞路 wild dogs and wolves block the road; a vicious tyrant holds power
• 塞牙 to get food stuck between one's teeth
• 塞车(塞車) a traffic jam
• 血塞 blood obstruction
• 淤塞 choked with silt; silted up

Also contained in

阿克塞县 、 塞人 、 塞琉西亚 、 喉塞音 、 安塞县 、 浊齿塞音 、 埃塞俄比亚 、 塞万提斯 、 清齿塞音 、 米格尔·德·塞万提斯·萨维德拉 、 西塞山 、 尤金·塞尔南 、 巴塞隆纳 、 麻萨诸塞州 、 清软颚塞音 、 埃拉托塞尼斯 、 奥塞罗 、 布鲁塞尔 、 阿克塞哈萨克族自治县 、 西塞山区

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Collocations

• 决塞 (決塞) 決塞 — Guanzi 管子, 七法第六 Chapter 6: Seven Methods — count: 9
• 塞井 (塞井) 塞井夷灶 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 5
• 塞邪 (塞邪) 不足以禁姦塞邪 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 3
• 九塞 (九塞) 山有九塞 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷四　墜形訓 Chapter 4: Terrestrial Forms — count: 2
• 塞险阻 (塞險阻) 固塞險阻 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 2
• 蔽塞 (蔽塞) 蔽塞障逆之君者 — Guanzi 管子, 法法第十六 Chapter 16: Fa Fa — count: 2
• 四塞 (四塞) 四塞 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《明堂位》 The Places in the Hall of Distinction — count: 2
• 塞窦 (塞竇) 將亡闔門塞竇 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 2
• 塞民 (塞民) 故塞民之養 — Guanzi 管子, 國蓄第七十三 Chapter 73: State Reserves — count: 2
• 塞门 (塞門) 邦君樹塞門 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 3. 《八佾》 Ba Yi — count: 2