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Sāi

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Sāi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Sāi | Sai1
English translation
Serbia
Serbian
abbr. for 塞爾維亞
>塞尔维亚 Sāi ěr wéi yà [Sāi ěr wéi yà]
to stop up
to squeeze in
to stuff
cork
stopper
strategic pass
tactical border position
to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sè | se4
English translation
to stop up
to stuff
to cope with

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About Sāi

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Sāi

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

earth

Etymology of Sāi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

gài ⿱?

Semantic compound

Explanation

Depicts two hands ( gǒng ) stuffing various objects ( gōng ) into an enclosed space ( gài ) and sealing it with clay ().

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Example sentences using Sāi

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de liǎn ,好象 hǎo xiàng 墨西哥 Mò xī gē 印第安人 Yìn dì ān rén (阿兹 Tái 克人) diāo jiā shì 着刻出来 chū lái de 塞巴斯蒂安 Sāi bā sī dì ān 的雕 xiàng .

He has the face as though an Aztec sculptor had attempted a portrait of Seba stian.

bèi rén Cóng 房子 fáng zi le 出来 chū lái Sāi jìn liàng 汽车 qì chē .

He was yanked out of the house and bundled into a car.

duì 老师 lǎoshī de 教导 jiào dǎo Sāi ěr Wén .

He turned a deaf ear to the instruction given by his teacher.

安东尼奥巴塞尼奥 liǎng 人来 Xiàng 夏洛克 Xià luò kè jiè Qián .

Antonio went to Shylock with Bassanio to borrow the money.

gěi chǎo xià de cài ,回来 huí lai chī , rào 世界 shìjiè Sāi 舒服 shūfu ?

You don't eat the food I cook for you but gad about all over town, eh?

Words with Sāi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Sāi to stop up Sāi
堵塞 dǔsè to clog up堵塞 dǔsè
活塞 huó sāi piston活塞 huó sāi
巴塞罗那 Bā sài luó nà Barcelona巴塞羅那
阻塞 zǔ sè to block阻塞 zǔ sè
要塞 yào sài fort要塞 yào sài
栓塞 shuān sè thrombosis栓塞 shuān sè
塞尔维亚 Sāi ěr wéi yà Serbia塞爾維亞
埃塞俄比亚 Aī sài é bǐ yà Ethiopia埃塞俄比亞
塞车 sāi chē traffic jam塞車
布鲁塞尔 Bù lǔ sài ěr Brussels, capital of Belgium布魯塞爾
梗塞 gěng sè to clog梗塞 gěng sè
闭塞 bìsè to stop up閉塞
马萨诸塞州 Mǎ sà zhū sài zhōu Massachusetts, US state馬薩諸塞州
心肌梗塞 xīn jī gěng sè heart attack心肌梗塞 xīn jī gěng sè
耳塞 ěr sāi earplug耳塞 ěr sāi
塞浦路斯 Sài pǔ lù sī Cyprus塞浦路斯 Sài pǔ lù sī
塞巴斯蒂安 Sāi bā sī dì ān Sebastian (name)塞巴斯蒂安 Sāi bā sī dì ān
塞族 Sāi zú Serbs塞族 Sāi zú
哇塞 wā sāi (slang) wow!哇塞 wā sāi
搪塞 táng sè to muddle through搪塞 táng sè
塞维利亚 Sāi wéi lì yà Sevilla, Spain塞維利亞
塞内加尔 Sài nèi jiā ěr Senegal塞內加爾

Sāi Decomposition & Compounds

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Sāi Decomposition

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Sāi Compounds

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