塞

sāi · sai/sài · sai/sè · se/Sāi · sai

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Meaning

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sāi 塞

  1. to stop up
  2. to squeeze in
  3. to stuff
  4. cork
  5. stopper

sài 塞

  1. strategic pass
  2. tactical border position

sè 塞

  1. to stop up
  2. to stuff
  3. to cope with

Sāi 塞

  1. Serbia
  2. Serbian
  3. abbr. for 塞爾維亞 / 塞尔维亚 (Sāi ěr wéi yà)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

你(nǐ)无(wú)法(fǎ)把(bǎ)这(zhè)个(gè)手(shǒu)提(tí)箱(xiāng)关(guān)上(shàng),因(yīn)为(wèi)你(nǐ)已(yǐ)经(jīng)塞(sāi)了(le)太(tài)多(duō)东(dōng)西(xi)进(jìn)去(qù)了(le)。

You can't get the suitcase closed because you've stuffed too much into it.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by darinmex · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)用(yòng)软(ruǎn)木(mù)塞(sāi)把(bǎ)瓶(píng)口(kǒu)塞(sāi)住(zhù)了(le)。

He stopped the bottle's mouth with a cork.

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