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塞 sāi

to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress

Strokes
13
Level
HSK 6
Radical
土
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 宀土 ⿱宀⿱？土

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  1. 这条路今天特别堵塞。
    Zhè tiáo lù jīntiān tèbié dǔsè.
    This road is especially congested today.
    this (measure) road today especially blocked
  2. 这个村子是不是很闭塞？
    Zhège cūnzi shì bu shì hěn bìsè?
    Is this village very isolated?
    this (measure) village is not is very closed-off (question)
  3. 请把这个洞塞住吧。
    Qǐng bǎ zhège dòng sāi zhù ba.
    Please plug up this hole.
    please (particle) this (measure) hole stuff up (suggestion)
  4. 这条路今天一点也不堵塞。
    Zhè tiáo lù jīntiān yìdiǎn yě bù dǔsè.
    This road isn't congested at all today.
    this (measure) road today a-little also not blocked
  5. 由于交通严重堵塞，我们迟到了半个小时。
    Yóuyú jiāotōng yánzhòng dǔsè, wǒmen chídào le bàn ge xiǎoshí.
    Due to severe traffic congestion, we were half an hour late.
    due-to traffic seriously blocked, we late (particle) half (measure) hour

Words with 塞 (2)