塞 sāi
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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') -
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') -
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') -
sè
verb
to remedy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 補救 (Guoyu '塞' sè v 4) -
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) -
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) -
sāi
verb
to prohibit; to restrain
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '塞' sāi 1a, p. 395) -
sāi
verb
to compensate; to supply
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '塞' sāi 1c, p. 395) -
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) -
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) -
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') -
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
- 杜塞道夫 Düsseldorf (Germany)
- 疾雷不及塞耳 a bolt of thunder claps there is no time to block one's ears
- 埃塞俄比亚比尔(埃塞俄比亞比爾) Ethiopian birr
- 搪塞 to muddle through; to fob somebody off; to beat around the bush; to dodge
- 蒙特塞拉特 Montserrat
- 塞哥维亚(塞哥維亞) Segovia, Spain
- 塞尺 gauge
- 心塞 to feel sick at heart; to feel stifled; to feel crushed
- 抑塞 to repress; gloomy
- 茅塞顿开(茅塞頓開) an obstruction suddenly opens; to suddenly realize
- 障塞 a defense fortification ; an obstruction
- 郁塞(鬱塞) constricted (feeling); oppressed
- 瓶塞钻(瓶塞鑽) corkscrew
- 堰塞湖 dammed lake; lake formed by landslip or lava flow
- 瓶塞 a bottle stopper
- 塞子 cork; plug
- 豺狼塞路 wild dogs and wolves block the road; a vicious tyrant holds power
- 闭塞(閉塞) to block; to become inaccessible
- 巴塞尔(巴塞爾) Basel, Switzerland
- 塞舌尔群岛(塞舌爾群島) Seychelles Island
- 填塞物 stuffing; filling material
- 壁塞 wall plug; screw anchor
- 阿尔瓦塞特(阿爾瓦塞特) Albacete, Spain
- 塞渊(塞淵) honest and far-seeing
- 鼻塞 a blocked nose
- 心肌梗塞 myocardial infarction; heart attack
- 塞语(塞語) Saka; Sakan
- 塞尔特(塞爾特) Celtic
- 聊以塞责(聊以塞責) just to get away with one's responsibilities; in order to get off the hook
- 肺栓塞 pulmonary embolism
- 罗塞塔石碑(羅塞塔石碑) Rosetta Stone
- 塞翁失马(塞翁失馬) the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best; a blessing in disguise
- 巴西克鲁塞罗(巴西剋魯塞羅) Brazilian real
Also contained in
安塞 、 巴塞隆纳 、 塞纳河 、 布鲁塞尔 、 塞浦路斯 、 安塞县 、 塞韦里诺 、 德莱塞 、 声门塞音 、 清卷舌塞音 、 西塞山区 、 浊齿龈塞音 、 塞琉西亚 、 阿尔都塞 、 埃拉托塞尼斯 、 塞瓦斯托波尔 、 喉塞音 、 塞缪尔·约翰逊
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- 卷八十四 志第六十 河渠二 Volume 84 Treatises 60: Rivers and Canals 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 53
- 卷九十一 志第四十四 河渠一 Volume 91 Treatises 44: Rivers and Canals 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 52
- 卷八十三 志第五十九 河渠一 Volume 83 Treatises 59: Rivers and Canals 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 49
- 卷九十四下 匈奴傳 Volume 94b: Traditions of the Xiongnu 2 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 44
- 卷三百二十七 列傳第二百十五 外國八 韃靼 Volume 327 Biographies 215: Foreign States 8 History of Ming 明史 — count: 38
- 卷九十四上 匈奴傳 Volume 94a: Traditions of the Xiongnu 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 35
- 卷八十七 西羌傳 Volume 87: Treatise on the Western Qiang Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 35
- 卷九十 烏桓鮮卑列傳 Volume 90: Treatise on the Wuhuan, Xianbei Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 29
- 卷八十九 南匈奴列傳 Volume 89: Treatise on the Southern Xiongnu Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 29
- 卷二百三十八 列傳第一百二十六 李成梁 麻貴 Volume 238 Biographies 126: Li Chengliang, Ma Gui History of Ming 明史 — count: 28
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
- 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
- 塞不可 (塞不可) 塞不可 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 雜守 Book 15 - Miscellaneous Measures in Defense — count: 2
- 九塞 (九塞) 山有九塞 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷四 墜形訓 Chapter 4: Terrestrial Forms — count: 2
- 开塞 (開塞) 明於禁舍開塞之道 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十五 兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning — 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
- 塞道 (塞道) 衛殺馬於隘以塞道 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — 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