Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 塞

(bound form) strategic stronghold

(bound form) to block; to obstruct

to plug; to stop up; to stuff in
(bound form) a stopper; a cork

blood obstruction

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

Serbian language
Saka 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

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

to have a stuffy 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

(medicine) embolism

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

choked with silt
silted up

plunger
(automotive) piston

ice blockage
freezing of waterway

honest and far-seeing

(old) territories beyond the Great Wall

to obstruct

(linguistics) plosive; stop

Serb ethnic group (abbr. for 塞爾維亞族／塞尔维亚族 ( Sài'ěrwéiyàzú))

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

(old) territories north of the Great Wall

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

variant of 奧賽羅／奥赛罗 ( Aòsàiluó)

pulmonary embolism (medicine)

Poseidon, god of the sea in Greek mythology

(Tw) the Seychelles

(name) Spencer

barrier lake; landslide dam
dammed lake

Basel, Switzerland

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

San Jose

Celtic

setter (dog breed)

affricate (phonetics)

Zelda (in Legend of Zelda video game)

corkscrew

Edmund Husserl (1859–1938), German philosopher

spark plug

traffic congestion fee

a cork

cerebral infarction

Ossetia (ethnolinguistic region in the Caucasus Mountains)

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

the Seychelles

see 西塞山區／西塞山区 ( Xīsàishān Qū)

to cut into a line
queue-jumping

Maseru, capital of Lesotho

Seine

stuffing; filling material

glottal stop

Lucerne (city in Switzerland)

(name) Samuel

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC), Roman statesman, orator and philosopher

(linguistics) voiced stop

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

Cessna (American aircraft manufacturer)

Sàilālì'áng

Sierra Leone

Sài'ěrwéiyà

Serbia
Taiwan pr. ( Sèèrwèiyà)

Cyprus

dìsàimǐsōng

dexamethasone

Brussels, capital of Belgium

húchīhǎisāi

to stuff oneself with food

Asàibàijiāng

Azerbaijan

Nán Aòsàitī

South Ossetia

Segovia (city in Spain)

Yàsàibàirán

(Tw) Azerbaijan

Bāsàilóngnà

(Tw) Barcelona, Spain

Sāngjiāowéisài

Sangiovese (grape type)

Sàinèijiā'ěr

Senegal

jiāotōngdǔsè

road congestion; traffic jam

Sēnhǎisài'ěr

Sennheiser (brand)

(Tw) Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina

jiāotōngzǔsè

traffic jam

Celtic language

(Tw) Düsseldorf (city in Germany)

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

Seville, city in Andalusia, Spain

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

Issyk-Kul (a large lake in eastern Kyrgyzstan)

Xīsàishān Qū

Xisaishan, a district of Huangshi City 黃石市／黄石市 ( Huángshí Shì), Hubei

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

(idiom) 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

see 阿克塞哈薩克族自治縣／阿克塞哈萨克族自治县 ( Akèsài Hāsàkèzú Zìzhìxiàn)

Massachusetts, US state

Barcelona, Spain

surname Althusser
Louis Pierre Althusser (1918–1990), Marxist philosopher

Sàiwéilǐnuò

(name) Severino

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 (capital city of Spain's Albacete Province)

Luósàitǎ Shíbēi

罗塞塔石碑

[羅塞塔石碑]

Rosetta Stone

Sài'ěrwéiyàyǔ

塞尔维亚语

[塞爾維亞語]

Serbian (language)

Dùsài'ěrduōfū

杜塞尔多夫

[杜塞爾多夫]

Düsseldorf (city in Germany)

Sàibāsīdì'ān

塞巴斯蒂安

[塞巴斯蒂安]

(name) Sebastian

Aīsài'ébǐyà

埃塞俄比亚

[埃塞俄比亞]

Ethiopia

Sàmòsàitè Jùn

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

Hèsègēwéinà

赫塞哥维纳

[赫塞哥維納]

(Tw) Herzegovina

Hēisàigēwéinà

黑塞哥维那

[黑塞哥維那]

Herzegovina

Mǎsàzhūsài Zhōu

马萨诸塞州

[馬薩諸塞州]

Massachusetts, US state

Méngtèsàilātè

蒙特塞拉特

[蒙特塞拉特]

Montserrat (Caribbean island, a British Overseas Territory)

Sàiwǎsītuōbō'ěr

塞瓦斯托波尔

[塞瓦斯托波爾]

Sevastopol, port city on the Crimean Peninsula

Aīsài'ébǐyàjiè

埃塞俄比亚界

[埃塞俄比亞界]

(biogeography) the Afrotropical realm (formerly, the Ethiopian Zone)

hēliángshuǐdōusāiyá

喝凉水都塞牙

[喝涼水都塞牙]

(coll.) to be out of luck

Pàlāsài'ěrsūsī

帕拉塞尔苏斯

[帕拉塞爾蘇斯]

Paracelsus (1493–1541), Swiss physician, alchemist and philosopher, pioneer of toxicology and medical chemistry

Sàimiù'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)

Sài'ěrwéiyàhé Hēishān

塞尔维亚和黑山

[塞爾維亞和黑山]

Serbia and Montenegro (a country that existed 2003–2006)

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

Sài'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]

(Tw) Bosnia and Herzegovina

Akèsài Hāsàkèzú Zìzhìxiàn

阿克塞哈萨克族自治县

[阿克塞哈薩克族自治縣]

Aksay Kazakh Autonomous County in Jiuquan 酒泉市 ( Jiǔquán Shì), Gansu

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), wartime predecessor of the state 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)