塞 - sè - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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13 strokes
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塞

sè

Definition

to stop up
to stuff
to cope with

Other pronunciations

塞	Sāi	Serbia Serbian abbr. for 塞爾維亞
塞	sāi	to stop up to squeeze in to stuff cork stopper
塞	sài	strategic pass tactical border position

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

噻

sāi

used in transliteration

僿

sài

small, minute; lacking sincerity

Related words (31)

塞責

sè zé

to carry out one's duties perfunctorily; to fulfill one's responsibility

塞音

sè yīn

plosive; stop consonant

塞擦音

sè cā yīn

affricate (phonetics)

充塞

chōng sè

congestion; to block; to congest; to crowd; to choke; to cram; to fill up; to stuff; to take up all the space

堵塞

dǔ sè

to jam; to block (up); to stop (up); to gag; blockage; occlusion; choking; plugging (up); blocking

填塞

tián sè

to fill up; to cram; to stuff

to repress; gloomy

to be clogged up; to be congested (traffic, computer network etc)

搪塞

táng sè

to muddle through; to fob somebody off; to beat around the bush; to dodge

to stop; to block

thrombosis

to clog; to block; to obstruct

淤塞

yū sè

choked with silt; silted up

blood obstruction

to be at a loss for words; speechless

鬱塞

yù sè

constricted (feeling); oppressed

閉塞

bì sè

to stop up; to close up; hard to get to; out of the way; inaccessible; unenlightened; blocking

to block; to clog

a blocked nose

glottal stop

dammed lake; lake formed by landslip or lava flow

congestion charge

stuffing; filling material

肺栓塞

fèi shuān sè

pulmonary embolism (medicine)

交通堵塞

jiāo tōng dǔ sè

traffic jam; congestion

traffic jam

myocardial infarction; heart attack

敷衍塞責

fū yǎn sè zé

to skimp on the job; to work half-heartedly; not to take the job seriously

聊以塞責

liáo yǐ sè zé

just to get away with one's responsibilities; in order to get off the hook

閉目塞聽

bì mù sè tīng

to shut one's eyes and stop one's ears; out of touch with reality; to bury one's head in the sand

慢性阻塞性肺病

màn xìng zǔ sè xìng fèi bìng

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Idioms (3)

茅塞頓開

máo sè dùn kāi

murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear

閉門塞竇

bì mén sè dòu

to close doors and block openings (idiom); mounting a strict defense

閉塞眼睛捉麻雀

bì sè yǎn jīng zhuō má què

(lit.) to catch sparrows blindfolded (idiom); (fig.) to act blindly

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