Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 塞

to stop up
to squeeze in
to stuff
cork
stopper

strategic pass
tactical border position

Serbia
Serbian
abbr. for 塞爾維亞／塞尔维亚 ( Sāi'ěrwéiyà)

to stop up
to stuff
to cope with

blood obstruction

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

Serb language

butt plug

to clog; to block; to obstruct

feeler gauge

to be at a loss for words
speechless

wall plug
screw anchor

to block one's ears (not wishing to hear)

airlock
air block
fipple (in the mouthpiece of wind instrument)

to block
to clog

(slang) wow!
also pr. (wāsēi)

border fort, esp. defending narrow valley

piston
valve

to clog up
blockage

variant of 擁塞／拥塞 (yōngsè)

to repress
gloomy

to fill up
to cram
to stuff

cork
plug

to stop
to block

to get food stuck between one's teeth

a blocked nose

traffic jam

stronghold
fort
fortification

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

constricted (feeling); pent-up; repressed

to muddle through
to fob sb off
to beat around the bush
to dodge

Ansai county in Yan'an 延安 ( Yán'ān), Shaanxi

to slip sb sth
to press sb to accept sth
to insert surreptitiously
to foist sth off on sb

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

(medicine) embolism

choked with silt
silted up

piston

ice blockage
freezing of waterway

honest and far-seeing

territories beyond the Great Wall (old)

to obstruct

(linguistics) plosive; stop

xi or ksi (Greek letter Ξξ)

Serb nationality
ethnic Serb
Serbs

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

bottle cork
bottle stopper

territories beyond the Great Wall (old)

to stuff full
to cram in
packed tight
chock full

frontier fortress

(coll.) to feel sick at heart; to feel stifled; to feel crushed

earplug
earphone

Othello, 1604 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞／莎士比亚

pulmonary embolism (medicine)

Poseidon, God of the sea in Greek mythology

the Seychelles (Tw)

Spencer or Spence (name)

Knossos (Minoan palace at Iraklion, Crete)

Eugene Cernan (1934-), US astronaut in Apollo 10 and Apollo 17 missions, "last man on the moon"

barrier lake; landslide dam
dammed lake

Basel, Switzerland

Dreiser (surname)
Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945), American writer

Ansai county in Yan'an 延安 ( Yán'ān), Shaanxi

Celtic

affricate (phonetics)

Zelda (in Legend of Zelda video game)

corkscrew

Edmund Husserl (1859-1938), German philosopher

spark plug

traffic congestion fee

cork

cerebral infarction

Ossetia (a Caucasian republic)

to push into a line out of turn; to cut in line; to jump the queue

the Seychelles

Xisaishan district of Huangshi city 黃石市／黄石市 ( Huángshíshì), Hubei

to cut into a line
queue-jumping

Maseru, capital of Lesotho

Seine

stuffing; filling material

glottal stop

Lucerne, Switzerland

Samuel (name)

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), famous Roman politician, orator and philosopher, murdered at the orders of Marc Anthony

(linguistics) voiced stop

Salem, capital of Oregon
Salem, city in Massachusets
Salem, city in India

Cessna (US aviation company)

Sàilālì'áng

Sierra Leone

Sāi'ěrwéiyà

Serbia

Cyprus

dìsāimǐsōng

dexamethasone

Brussels, capital of Belgium

húchīhǎisāi

to stuff oneself with food

Asàibàijiāng

Azerbaijan

Nán Aòsāitī

South Ossetia

Segovia, Spain

Azerbaijan (Tw)

Bāsàilóngnà

Barcelona (Tw)

Sāngjiāowéisāi

Sangiovese (grape type)

Sàinèijiā'ěr

Senegal

jiāotōngdǔsè

road congestion; traffic jam

Sēnhǎisè'ěr

Sennheiser (brand)

Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Tw)

jiāotōngzǔsè

traffic jam

Celtic language

Düsseldorf (Germany)
also written 杜塞爾多夫／杜塞尔多夫 ( Dùsāi'ěrduōfū)

xīnjīgěngsè

myocardial infarction; heart attack

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

sàiwēngshīmǎ

lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
fig. a blessing in disguise
it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

Sevilla, Spain

Cervantes
abbr. for 米格爾·德·塞萬提斯·薩維德拉／米格尔·德·塞万提斯·萨维德拉 ( Mǐgé'ěr·dé· Sāiwàntísī· Sàwéidélā)

Lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan

Xīsàishānqū

Xisaishan district of Huangshi city 黃石市／黄石市 ( Huángshíshì), Hubei

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

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

máosèdùnkāi

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

cháilángsāilù

ravenous wolves block the road (idiom); wicked people in power
a vicious tyranny rules the land

Aksai Kazakh autonomous county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu

Massachusetts, US state

Barcelona

surname Althusser
Louis Pierre Althusser 路易·皮埃爾·阿爾都塞／路易·皮埃尔·阿尔都塞 ( Lùyì· Pí'āi'ěr· Aěrdōusāi) (1918-1990), Marxist philosopher

Sàiwéilǐnuò

(Jean-Michel) Severino, CEO of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

in order to minimally fulfill one's responsibilities
in order to get off the hook

阿尔瓦塞特

[阿爾瓦塞特]

Albacete, Spain

Luósāitǎ Shíbēi

罗塞塔石碑

[羅塞塔石碑]

Rosetta Stone

Sāi'ěrwéiyàyǔ

塞尔维亚语

[塞爾維亞語]

Serbian (language)

Dùsāi'ěrduōfū

杜塞尔多夫

[杜塞爾多夫]

Düsseldorf (Germany)

Sāibāsīdì'ān

塞巴斯蒂安

[塞巴斯蒂安]

Sebastian (name)

Aīsài'ébǐyà

埃塞俄比亚

[埃塞俄比亞]

Ethiopia

Sàmòsāitèjùn

萨默塞特郡

[薩默塞特郡]

Somerset county in southwest England

Sàishé'ěr Qúndǎo

塞舌尔群岛

[塞舌爾群島]

the Seychelles

Pàlāsè'ěrshì

帕拉塞尔士

[帕拉塞爾士]

Paracelsius (Auroleus Phillipus Theostratus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 1493-1541), Swiss alchemist and prominent early European scientist

Hèsègēwéinà

赫塞哥维纳

[赫塞哥維納]

Herzegovina (Tw)

Hēisàigēwéinà

黑塞哥维那

[黑塞哥維那]

Herzegovina

Asàibàijiāngrén

阿塞拜疆人

[阿塞拜疆人]

Azerbaijan (person)

Mǎsàzhūsàizhōu

马萨诸塞州

[馬薩諸塞州]

Massachusetts, US state

Méngtèsāilātè

蒙特塞拉特

[蒙特塞拉特]

Montserrat

Yóujīn· Sài'ěrnán

尤金·塞尔南

[尤金·塞爾南]

Eugene Cernan (1934-), US astronaut in Apollo 10 and Apollo 17 missions, "last man on the moon"

Aīlātuōsènísī

埃拉托塞尼斯

[埃拉托塞尼斯]

Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276-c. 195 BC), ancient Greek mathematician and inventor

Aīsāi'ébǐyàyǔ

埃塞俄比亚语

[埃塞俄比亞語]

Ethiopic (language)

Lüsāi'ěrsīhǎimǔ

吕塞尔斯海姆

[呂塞爾斯海姆]

Rüsselsheim, city in Germany

Sāiwǎsītuōbō'ěr

塞瓦斯托波尔

[塞瓦斯托波爾]

Sevastopol

Méisàidésī Bēnchí

梅塞德斯奔驰

[梅塞德斯奔馳]

Mercedes Benz
abbr. to 奔馳／奔驰 ( Bēnchí)

Aīsài'ébǐyàjiè

埃塞俄比亚界

[埃塞俄比亞界]

Ethiopian Zone, aka Afrotropical realm

hēliángshuǐdōusāiyá

喝凉水都塞牙

[喝涼水都塞牙]

(coll.) to be out of luck

Sāimiù'ěr· Yuēhànxùn

塞缪尔·约翰逊

[塞繆爾·約翰遜]

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) or Dr Johnson, English writer and lexicographer

mànxìngzǔsèxìngfèibìng

慢性阻塞性肺病

[慢性阻塞性肺病]

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Sāi'ěrwéiyàhé Hēishān

塞尔维亚和黑山

[塞爾維亞和黑山]

Serbia and Montenegro (after break-up of Yugoslavia in 1992)

bìsèyǎnjīngzhuōmáquè

闭塞眼睛捉麻雀

[閉塞眼睛捉麻雀]

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

sàiwēngshīmǎyānzhīfēifú

塞翁失马焉知非福

[塞翁失馬焉知非福]

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 nobody any good

sàiwēngshīmǎ'ānzhīfēifú

塞翁失马安知非福

[塞翁失馬安知非福]

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 nobody any good
also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福／塞翁失马焉知非福

Sāi'ěrwéiyà Kèluódìyàyǔ

塞尔维亚克罗地亚语

[塞爾維亞克羅地亞語]

Serbo-Croatian (language)

Bōsīníyàhé Hēisàigēwéinà

波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那

[波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那]

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bōshìníyàyǔ Hèsègēwéinà

波士尼亚与赫塞哥维纳

[波士尼亞與赫塞哥維納]

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Tw)

Akèsài Hāsàkèzú Zìzhìxiàn

阿克塞哈萨克族自治县

[阿克塞哈薩克族自治縣]

Aksai Kazakh autonomous county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu

Lùyì· Pí'āi'ěr· Aěrdōusāi

路易·皮埃尔·阿尔都塞

[路易·皮埃爾·阿爾都塞]

Louis Pierre Althusser (1918-1990), Marxist philosopher

Bōsīníyàhé Hēisàigēwéinà Gònghéguó

波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那共和国

[波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那共和國]

Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995), predecessor of Bosnia and Herzegovina 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那／波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那 ( Bōsīníyàhé Hēisàigēwéinà)

Mǐgé'ěr·dé· Sāiwàntísī· Sàwéidélā

米格尔·德·塞万提斯·萨维德拉

[米格爾·德·塞萬提斯·薩維德拉]

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), Spanish novelist, poet and playwright, author of Don Quixote 堂吉訶德／堂吉诃德 ( Tángjíhēdé)