塞 (sāi)
To stuff; to cram; to squeeze in; to be blocked (traffic).
How 塞 is written
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Traditional
- 塞
- Simplified
- 塞 (unchanged)
塞 has 3 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- sāi
- Serbia; Serbian; abbr. for 塞爾維亞|塞尔维亚[Sai1 er3 wei2 ya4]
- sài
- strategic pass; tactical border position
- sè
- to stop up; to stuff; to cope with
Common words using 塞
- 哇塞 wāsāi
- exclamation used to express a feeling of amazement (slang); wow!
- 塞車 sāichē
- traffic jam
- 鼻塞 bísè
- a blocked nose
- 埃塞俄比亞 āisàiébǐyà
- Ethiopia
- 堵塞 dǔsè
- to block; to stop; blockage
- 塞子 sāizi
- cork; plug
- 塞滿 sāimǎn
- to stuff full; to cram in; packed tight
- 塞爾維亞 sāiěrwéiyà
- Serbia
- 塞納河 sāinàhé
- Seine
- 塞維利亞 sāiwéilìyà
- Sevilla, Spain
- 塞翁失馬 sàiwēngshīmǎ
- The old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise; It's an ill wind that blows no-one any good.
- 塞舌爾 sàishéěr
- the Seychelles
塞 in a sentence
今天路上很塞車。
Jīntiān lùshàng hěn sāichē.
“There is a traffic jam on the road today.”
How common is 塞?
塞 is the 1,078th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 90.3% of all running text.
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