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

• 语塞(語塞) to be at a loss for words; speechless
• 罗塞塔石碑(羅塞塔石碑) Rosetta Stone
• 塞渊(塞淵) honest and far-seeing
• 桑娇维塞(桑嬌維塞) Sangiovese (grape type)
• 埃塞俄比亚比尔(埃塞俄比亞比爾) Ethiopian birr
• 塞外 beyond the Great Wall
• 塞巴斯蒂安 Sebastian (name)
• 塞尺 gauge
• 塞尔维亚和黑山(塞爾維亞和黑山) Serbia and Montenegro
• 填街塞巷 congested streets and blocked alleys
• 疾雷不及塞耳 a bolt of thunder claps there is no time to block one's ears
• 塞翁失马焉知非福(塞翁失馬焉知非福) the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best; a blessing in disguise
• 塞车(塞車) a traffic jam
• 血塞 blood obstruction
• 阿塞拜疆人 Azerbaijan (person)
• 豺狼塞路 wild dogs and wolves block the road; a vicious tyrant holds power
• 闭塞眼睛捉麻雀(閉塞眼睛捉麻雀) to catch sparrows blindfolded; to act blindly
• 南奥塞梯(南奧塞梯) South Ossetia
• 茅塞顿开(茅塞頓開) an obstruction suddenly opens; to suddenly realize
• 塞子 cork; plug
• 壅塞 to be clogged up/to be congested
• 鼻塞 a blocked nose
• 敷衍塞责(敷衍塞責) to skimp on the job; to work half-heartedly; not to take the job seriously
• 交通堵塞 road congestion; traffic jam
• 可塞 xi; ksi
• 加塞儿(加塞兒) to push into a line out of turn; to cut in line; to queue-jump
• 壁塞 wall plug; screw anchor
• 堵塞费(堵塞費) traffic congestion fee
• 拥塞(擁塞) to be clogged up; to be congested (traffic, computer network etc)
• 心塞 to feel sick at heart; to feel stifled; to feel crushed
• 杜塞道夫 Düsseldorf (Germany)
• 塞浦路斯镑(塞浦路斯鎊) Cypriot pound
• 抑塞 to repress; gloomy
• 塞尔维亚语(塞爾維亞語) Serbian
• 塞满(塞滿) to stuff full; to cram in; packed tight; chock full
• 埃塞俄比亚语(埃塞俄比亞語) Ethiopic

Also contained in

布鲁塞尔 、 塞人 、 塞纳河 、 埃拉托塞尼斯 、 塞缪尔·约翰逊 、 塞浦路斯 、 声门塞音 、 萨默塞特郡 、 阿克塞哈萨克族自治县 、 马塞卢 、 圣何塞 、 塞尔南 、 麻萨诸塞 、 塞勒姆 、 伊塞克湖

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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
• 塞民 (塞民) 故塞民之養 — Guanzi 管子, 國蓄第七十三 Chapter 73: State Reserves — count: 2
• 塞大 (塞大) 還塞大隧 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 2
• 塞祷 (塞禱) 塞禱 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 號令 Book 15 - Commands and Orders — 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
• 夹塞 (夾塞) 夾塞兩川 — Guanzi 管子, 霸形第二十二 Chapter 22: Ba Xing — count: 2
• 近塞 (近塞) 近塞上之人有善術者 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八　人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — count: 2
• 固塞 (固塞) 固塞險阻 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 2