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sài
HSK 3.0 Level 6

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Definitions

  1. 1. strategic pass
  2. 2. tactical border position

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Words Containing 塞

阻塞
zǔ sè

to block

阿尔瓦塞特
ā ěr wǎ sè tè

Albacete, Spain

布鲁塞尔
bù lǔ sài ěr

Brussels, capital of Belgium

郁塞
yù sè

constricted (feeling); pent-up; repressed

聊以塞责
liáo yǐ sè zé

in order to minimally fulfill one's responsibilities

梅塞德斯奔驰
méi sài dé sī bēn chí

Mercedes Benz

黑塞哥维那
hēi sài gē wéi nà

Herzegovina

马萨诸塞州
mǎ sà zhū sài zhōu

Massachusetts, US state

闭目塞听
bì mù sè tīng

to shut one's eyes and stop one's ears

慢性阻塞性肺病
màn xìng zǔ sè xìng fèi bìng

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

奥塞罗
ào sāi luó

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

塞维利亚
sāi wéi lì yà
巴塞尔
bā sāi ěr

Basel, Switzerland

塞万提斯
sāi wàn tí sī

Cervantes

塞尔维亚语
sāi ěr wéi yà yǔ
闭塞眼睛捉麻雀
bì sè yǎn jīng zhuō má què

fig. to act blindly

西塞山区
xī sài shān qū

Xisaishan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[huáng shí shì], Hubei

萨默塞特郡
sà mò sāi tè jùn

Somerset county in southwest England

火花塞
huǒ huā sāi

spark plug

塞尔维亚和黑山
sāi ěr wéi yà hé hēi shān
闭塞
bì sè

to stop up

安塞
ān sāi

Ansai county in Yan'an 延安[yán ān], Shaanxi

塞尔维亚
sāi ěr wéi yà
充塞
chōng sè

congestion

拥塞
yōng sè

to be clogged up

蒙特塞拉特
méng tè sāi lā tè

Montserrat

西塞罗
xī sāi luó

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

帕拉塞尔士
pà lā sè ěr shì

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

塞尺
sāi chǐ

feeler gauge

柱塞
zhù sāi

piston

阿塞拜疆
ā sài bài jiāng

Azerbaijan

栓塞
shuān sè

thrombosis

塞尔达
sài ěr dá
塞舌尔
sài shé ěr

the Seychelles

壁塞
bì sāi

wall plug

伊塞克湖
yī sāi kè hú

Lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan

瓶塞钻
píng sāi zuàn

corkscrew

塞音
sè yīn

(linguistics) plosive; stop

闭门塞窦
bì mén sè dòu

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

边塞
biān sài

frontier fortress

塞斯纳
sāi sī nà

Cessna (US aviation company)

塞给
sāi gěi
哇塞
wā sāi

(slang) wow!

塞浦路斯
sài pǔ lù sī

Cyprus

可塞
kě sài

xi or ksi (Greek letter Ξξ)

塞纳河
sāi nà hé
喝凉水都塞牙
hē liáng shuǐ dōu sāi yá

(coll.) to be out of luck

鼻塞
bí sè

a blocked nose

填塞
tián sè

to fill up

塞擦音
sè cā yīn

affricate (phonetics)

塞子
sāi zi

cork

浊塞音
zhuó sè yīn

(linguistics) voiced stop

阿克塞哈萨克族自治县
ā kè sài hā sà kè zú zì zhì xiàn

Aksai Kazakh autonomous county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu

塞韦里诺
sài wéi lǐ nuò

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

关塞
guān sài

border fort, esp. defending narrow valley

尤金·塞尔南
yóu jīn · sài ěr nán

Eugene Cernan (1934-), US astronaut in Apollo 10 and Apollo 17 missions, \last man on the moon\",2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 75712,52304,to give a backward kick (e.g. of a horse),2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 75713,52305,(of mules

路易·皮埃尔·阿尔都塞
lù yì · pí āi ěr · ā ěr dōu sāi

Louis Pierre Althusser (1918-1990), Marxist philosopher

塞哥维亚
sè gē wéi yà

Segovia, Spain

塞勒姆
sāi lè mǔ

Salem, capital of Oregon

肛塞
gāng sāi

butt plug

塞尔维亚克罗地亚语
sāi ěr wéi yà kè luó dì yà yǔ
梗塞
gěng sè

to clog

塞翁失马焉知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú

it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

奥塞梯
ào sè tī

Ossetia (a Caucasian republic)

堵塞费
dǔ sè fèi

traffic congestion fee

安塞县
ān sāi xiàn

Ansai county in Yan'an 延安[yán ān], Shaanxi

卢塞恩
lú sài ēn

Lucerne, Switzerland

心塞
xīn sāi

(coll.) to feel sick at heart

塞缪尔
sāi miù ěr

Samuel (name)

豺狼塞路
chái láng sāi lù

ravenous wolves block the road (idiom); wicked people in power

软木塞
ruǎn mù sāi

cork

马塞卢
mǎ sài lú

Maseru, capital of Lesotho

塞瓦斯托波尔
sāi wǎ sī tuō bō ěr
敷衍塞责
fū yǎn sè zé

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

塞族
sāi zú

Serb nationality

茅塞顿开
máo sè dùn kāi

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

巴塞罗那
bā sài luó nà

Barcelona

抑塞
yì sè

to repress

马萨诸塞
mǎ sà zhū sài

Massachusetts, US state

淤塞
yū sè

choked with silt

塞语
sài yǔ

Serb language

交通阻塞
jiāo tōng zǔ sè

traffic jam

塞翁失马
sài wēng shī mǎ

fig. a blessing in disguise

埃塞俄比亚语
āi sāi é bǐ yà yǔ

Ethiopic (language)

阿克塞县
ā kè sài xiàn

Aksai Kazakh autonomous county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu

塞牙
sāi yá
塞渊
sāi yuān

honest and far-seeing

交通堵塞
jiāo tōng dǔ sè

road congestion

血塞
xuè sè

blood obstruction

波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那
bō sī ní yà hé hēi sài gē wéi nà

Bosnia and Herzegovina

塞尔特
sāi ěr tè
阿塞拜疆人
ā sài bài jiāng rén

Azerbaijan (person)

语塞
yǔ sè

to be at a loss for words

桑娇维塞
sāng jiāo wéi sāi

Sangiovese (grape type)

波塞冬
bō sāi dōng

Poseidon, God of the sea in Greek mythology

胡吃海塞
hú chī hǎi sāi

to stuff oneself with food

气塞
qì sāi

airlock

塞耳
sāi ěr

earplug

塞翁失马安知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú

it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

冰塞
bīng sāi

ice blockage

塞舌尔群岛
sài shé ěr qún dǎo

the Seychelles

要塞
yào sài

fort

耳塞
ěr sāi

earplug

堵塞
dǔ sè

to clog up

埃塞俄比亚界
āi sài é bǐ yà jiè

Ethiopian Zone, aka Afrotropical realm

西塞山
xī sài shān

Xisaishan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[huáng shí shì], Hubei

罗塞塔石碑
luó sāi tǎ shí bēi

Rosetta Stone

塞缪尔·约翰逊
sāi miù ěr · yuē hàn xùn

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

杜塞道夫
dù sè dào fū

Düsseldorf (Germany)

埃拉托塞尼斯
āi lā tuō sè ní sī

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

波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那共和国
bō sī ní yà hé hēi sài gē wéi nà gòng hé guó

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[bō sī ní yà hé hēi sài gē wéi nà]

塞尔南
sài ěr nán

Eugene Cernan (1934-), US astronaut in Apollo 10 and Apollo 17 missions, \last man on the moon\",2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 64552,44441,Celtic,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 64553,56965,(idiom) to become alarmed for no good reason,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 64554,44442,Celtic language,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 64555,44443,Serbia,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 64556,44444,Serbo-Croatian (language),2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 64557,44445,Serbia and Montenegro (after break-up of Yugoslavia in 1992),2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 64558,44446,Serbian (language),2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 64559,44447,Zelda (in Legend of Zelda video game),2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 64560,44448,to get food stuck between one's teeth,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 64561,44449,Sevastopol,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 64562,44450,Seine,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 64563,44451,to slip sb sth,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 64564,44451,to press sb to accept sth,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 64565,44451,to insert surreptitiously,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 64566,44451,to foist sth off on sb,2025-02-14 13:18:21,2025-02-14 13:18:21 64567,44452,Sevilla

塞巴斯蒂安
sāi bā sī dì ān

Sebastian (name)

塞车
sāi chē

traffic jam

堰塞湖
yàn sè hú

dammed lake

脑梗塞
nǎo gěng sè

cerebral infarction

塞拉利昂
sài lā lì áng

Sierra Leone

地塞米松
dì sāi mǐ sōng

dexamethasone

塞满
sāi mǎn

to stuff full

米格尔·德·塞万提斯·萨维德拉
mǐ gé ěr · dé · sāi wàn tí sī · sà wéi dé lā

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), Spanish novelist, poet and playwright, author of Don Quixote 堂吉訶德|堂吉诃德[táng jí hē dé]

森海塞尔
sēn hǎi sè ěr

Sennheiser (brand)

斯宾塞
sī bīn sè

Spencer or Spence (name)

塞责
sè zé

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

杜塞尔多夫
dù sāi ěr duō fū

Düsseldorf (Germany)

填塞物
tián sè wù

stuffing

塞尔特语
sāi ěr tè yǔ
埃塞俄比亚
āi sài é bǐ yà

Ethiopia

滞塞
zhì sāi

to obstruct

塞内加尔
sài nèi jiā ěr

Senegal

搪塞
táng sè

to muddle through

心肌梗塞
xīn jī gěng sè

myocardial infarction; heart attack

肺栓塞
fèi shuān sè

pulmonary embolism (medicine)

活塞
huó sāi

piston

杜塞
dù sè

to stop

吕塞尔斯海姆
lǚ sāi ěr sī hǎi mǔ

Rüsselsheim, city in Germany

瓶塞
píng sāi

bottle cork

喉塞音
hóu sè yīn

glottal stop

胡塞尔
hú sài ěr

Edmund Husserl (1859-1938), German philosopher

南奥塞梯
nán ào sāi tī

South Ossetia

诺塞斯
nuò sāi sī

Knossos (Minoan palace at Iraklion, Crete)