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塞
sè
1. to stop up
2. to stuff
3. to cope with
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

塞
sāi
to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress
HSK 6 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

充塞
chōngsè
congestion
堵塞
dǔsè
to block
HSK 6
塞责
sèzé
to carry out one's duties perfunctorily
塞音
sèyīn
plosive
填塞
tiánsè
to fill up
搪塞
tángsè
to muddle through
拥塞
yōngsè
jam (of traffic, crowd etc)
杜塞
dùsè
to stop
栓塞
shuānsè
thrombosis
梗塞
gěngsè
to clog
淤塞
yūsè
choked with silt
血塞
xuèsè
blood obstruction
语塞
yǔsè
to be at a loss for words
闭塞
bìsè
to stop up
HSK 6
阻塞
zǔsè
to block
郁塞
yùsè
constricted (feeling)
鼻塞
bísè
a blocked nose
喉塞音
hóusèyīn
glottal stop
堰塞湖
yànsèhú
dammed lake
堵塞费
dǔsèfèi
congestion charge

Alternate Entries

塞
Sāi
Serbia / Serbian / abbr. for [[塞爾維亞|塞尔维亚<Sāiěrwéiyà>]]
塞
sāi
to stop up / to squeeze in / to stuff / cork / stopper
塞
sài
strategic pass / tactical border position

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,079
Word Frequency Rank
829 of 84,292