sāi

to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in

HSK 6 #1080

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 1080th character
Radical ⼟ (32.10)
Strokes 13
Index # 3025

Definitions

塞 sāi
  1. 1. to stuff
  2. 2. to stop up
  3. 3. to squeeze in
  4. 4. stopper
  5. 5. cork
  6. 6. Serbia
  7. 7. abbr. for sāi ěr wéi yà
  8. 8. Serbian
塞 sè
  1. 1. to stop up
  2. 2. to stuff
  3. 3. to cope with
塞 sài
  1. 1. strategic pass
  2. 2. tactical border position

Stroke order

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Words containing 塞

Word Meaning
bottle stopper; bottle cork
Cicero, Roman orator and statesman
cork
to obstruct; to block; to clog
Seine
Othello, 1604 tragedy by William Shakespeare shā shì bǐ yà
to get food stuck between one's teeth
suddenly understand; see the truth clearly
Salem, city in Massachusets; Salem, capital of Oregon
Barcelona (Tw)
the Seychelles
Basel, Switzerland
Düsseldorf (Germany)
to fill up; to stuff; to cram
to cut in line; to queue-jump
Sevilla, Spain
Poseidon, God of the sea in Greek mythology
to be at a loss for words; speechless
frontier fortress
Azerbaijan
Cessna (US aviation company)
Cervantes
Ansai county in Yan'an yán ān, Shaanxi
Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945), American writer
to be congested (traffic, computer network etc)