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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)

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

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