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塞

sè

HSK 6 Character

What 塞 means

1. bound formto block; to obstruct

Other readings

塞 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• sāito plug; to stop up; to stuff in; a stopper; a cork
• sàistrategic stronghold

Example sentences

• 哇塞!
  Wāsāi!
  Wow!
• 塞翁失马
  Sàiwēngshīmǎ
  Every cloud has a silver lining.
• 厕所塞住了。
  The toilet is backed up.
• 我塞了耳塞。
  I put in earplugs.
• 你是何塞吗？
  Are you Jose?
• 塞哥维亚有什么？
  What's in Segovia?

Words starting with 塞

• 塞给sāi gěito slip sb sth; to press sb to accept sth; to insert surreptitiously
• 塞满sāi mǎnto stuff full; to cram in; packed tight
• 塞浦路斯Sài pǔ lù sīCyprus
• 塞车sāi chētraffic jam
• 塞纳河Sài nà HéSeine
• 塞外Sài wài(old) territories beyond the Great Wall
• 塞尔维亚Sài ěr wéi yàSerbia; Taiwan pr. Sè ěr wéi yà
• 塞万提斯Sài wàn tí sīMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616), Spanish novelist, poet and playwright, author…
• 塞子sāi zicork; plug
• 塞语Sài yǔSerbian language; Saka language
• 塞责sè zéto carry out one's duties perfunctorily; to fulfill one's responsibility
• 塞席尔Sài xí ěr(Taiwan) the Seychelles
• 塞斯纳Sài sī nàCessna (American aircraft manufacturer)
• 塞尔特Sài ěr tèCeltic
• 塞尔达Sài ěr dáZelda (in Legend of Zelda video game)
• 塞内加尔Sài nèi jiā ěrSenegal
• 塞哥维亚Sài gē wéi yàSegovia (city in Spain)
• 塞尔特语Sài ěr tè yǔCeltic language
• 塞维利亚Sài wéi lì yàSeville, city in Andalusia, Spain
• 塞尔维亚语Sài ěr wéi yà yǔSerbian (language)
• 塞族Sài zúSerb ethnic group (abbr. for 塞尔维亚族
• 塞音sè yīn(linguistics) plosive; stop
• 塞北Sài běi(old) territories north of the Great Wall
• 塞牙sāi yáto get food stuck between one's teeth

Words containing 塞

• 堵塞dǔ sèto clog up; blockage
• 闭塞bì sèto stop up; to close up; hard to get to
• 巴塞罗那Bā sài luó nàBarcelona, Spain
• 要塞yào sàistronghold; fort; fortification
• 布鲁塞尔Bù lǔ sài ěrBrussels, capital of Belgium
• 搪塞táng sèto muddle through; to fob sb off; to beat around the bush
• 活塞huó sāipiston
• 阻塞zǔ sèto block; to clog
• 埃塞俄比亚Āi sài é bǐ yàEthiopia
• 语塞yǔ sèto be at a loss for words; speechless
• 埃塞Āi sàiEthiopia
• 心肌梗塞xīn jī gěng sè(Taiwan) myocardial infarction; heart attack
• 茅塞顿开máo sè dùn kāimurky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
• 充塞chōng sècongestion; to block; to congest
• 心塞xīn sāi(colloquial) to feel sick at heart; to feel stifled; to feel crushed
• 气塞qì sāiairlock; air block; fipple (in the mouthpiece of wind instrument)
• 边塞biān sàifrontier fortress
• 关塞guān sàiborder fort, esp. defending narrow valley
• 加塞儿jiā sāi rto push into a line out of turn; to cut in line; to jump the queue
• 安塞区Ān sài QūAnsai, a district of Yan'an City 延安市
• 巴塞尔Bā sài ěrBasel, Switzerland
• 西塞罗Xī sài luóMarcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC), Roman statesman, orator and philosopher
• 圣何塞Shèng hé sàiSan Jose
• 阿尔瓦塞特Ā ěr wǎ sài tèAlbacete (capital city of Spain's Albacete Province)

Characters that look like 塞

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 寨zhàistronghold; stockade; camp
• 蒸zhēngto evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 奠diànto fix; to settle; a libation to the dead
• 寒háncold; poor; to tremble
• 寞mòlonesome
• 崽zǎichild; young animal

Sounds the same

Read sè, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 铯cesium (chemistry)
• 穑gather in harvest
• 濇grating (of surfaces)
• 璱bright (of jade)
• 譅talkative; loquacious
• 轖leather top of a cart
• 歰old variant of 涩
• 歮old variant of 涩