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)

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• 波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那共和国(波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那共和國) Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 填塞物 stuffing; filling material
• 赫塞哥维纳(赫塞哥維納) Herzegovina
• 杜塞 to stop; to block
• 埃塞俄比亚界(埃塞俄比亞界) Ethiopian Zone, aka Afrotropical realm
• 闭目塞听(閉目塞聽) to shut one's eyes and stop one's ears; out of touch with reality; to bury one's head in the sand
• 耳塞 earplug; earphone
• 塞哥维亚(塞哥維亞) Segovia, Spain
• 塞维利亚(塞維利亞) Sevilla, Spain
• 蒙特塞拉特 Montserrat
• 瓶塞 a bottle stopper
• 软木塞(軟木塞) a cork
• 敷衍塞责(敷衍塞責) to skimp on the job; to work half-heartedly; not to take the job seriously
• 夹塞儿(夾塞兒) to cut into a line; queue-jumping
• 心肌梗塞 myocardial infarction; heart attack
• 塞尔维亚和黑山(塞爾維亞和黑山) Serbia and Montenegro
• 疾雷不及塞耳 a bolt of thunder claps there is no time to block one's ears
• 塞外 beyond the Great Wall
• 阻塞 to block; to clog
• 火花塞 spark plug
• 塞忠谏(塞忠諫) stop loyal remonstrance
• 阿尔瓦塞特(阿爾瓦塞特) Albacete, Spain
• 阿塞拜疆 Azerbaijan
• 闭塞(閉塞) to block; to become inaccessible
• 语塞(語塞) to be at a loss for words; speechless
• 杜塞道夫 Düsseldorf (Germany)
• 罗塞塔石碑(羅塞塔石碑) Rosetta Stone
• 闭塞眼睛捉麻雀(閉塞眼睛捉麻雀) to catch sparrows blindfolded; to act blindly
• 塞尔达(塞爾達) Zelda (in Legend of Zelda video game)
• 南奥塞梯(南奧塞梯) South Ossetia
• 慢性阻塞性肺病 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• 交通阻塞 traffic jam
• 活塞 a piston; a valve
• 塞车(塞車) a traffic jam
• 塞满(塞滿) to stuff full; to cram in; packed tight; chock full

Also contained in

塞浦路斯 、 塞缪尔·约翰逊 、 塞纳河 、 浊齿龈塞音 、 塞音 、 声门塞音 、 波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那 、 麻萨诸塞 、 西塞山 、 塞内加尔 、 马萨诸塞 、 布鲁塞尔 、 西塞山区 、 萨默塞特郡 、 清卷舌塞音 、 浊齿塞音

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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
• 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
• 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
• 树塞 (樹塞) 邦君樹塞門 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 3. 《八佾》 Ba Yi — 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
• 九塞 (九塞) 山有九塞 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷四　墜形訓 Chapter 4: Terrestrial Forms — 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