塞 sāi / sài / sè in a sentence
To stuff (squeeze in); Strategic importance; Unenlightened
塞 (sāi / sài / sè) means To stuff (squeeze in), Strategic importance, Unenlightened. Below are 7 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
被子里 塞 的是棉花。
Bèizi lǐ sāi de shì miánhua.
The quilt is stuffed with cotton.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 棉花
消防通道不能堵 塞 。
Xiāofáng tōngdào bù néng dǔsè.
The fire escape route must not be blocked.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 消防
医生说他的动脉有些堵 塞 。
Yīshēng shuō tā de dòngmài yǒuxiē dǔsè.
The doctor said his arteries are somewhat blocked.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 动脉
一场大雪造成了交通堵 塞 。
Yì chǎng dàxuě zàochéng le jiāotōng dǔsè.
Heavy snow caused a traffic jam.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 堵塞
下水道堵 塞 了，水排不出去。
Xiàshuǐdào dǔsè le, shuǐ pái bu chūqù.
The drain is blocked and the water cannot get away.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 堵塞
长期不读书会让人的思想变得闭 塞 。
Chángqī bù dúshū huì ràng rén de sīxiǎng biàn de bìsè.
Going a long time without reading makes a person's thinking narrow.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 闭塞
这个山村交通闭 塞 ，消息很难传进来。
Zhège shāncūn jiāotōng bìsè, xiāoxi hěn nán chuán jìnlái.
This mountain village is cut off and news barely reaches it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 闭塞
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Words that contain 塞
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Questions about 塞
How is 塞 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 塞 (sāi / sài / sè, "To stuff (squeeze in), Strategic importance, Unenlightened"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 塞 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 塞 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 塞?
The dictionary page for 塞 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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