塞 sāi
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
塞
sāi
to stuff, cork
Character
Example phrases
- 他把文件塞进包里，匆匆赶往会议室。 Tā bǎ wénjiàn sāi jìn bāo li, cōngcōng gǎnwǎng huìyìshì. He stuffed the documents into his bag and hurried to the meeting room.
- 别把太多东西塞进行李箱，会关不上的。 Bié bǎ tài duō dōngxi sāi jìn xínglixiāng, huì guān bu shàng de. Don't stuff too many things into the suitcase, or it won't close.
- 小女孩把糖塞进了口袋里。 Xiǎo nǚhái bǎ táng sāi jìn le kǒudài li. The little girl stuffed the sweets into her pocket.
Related words
- 堵塞 dǔsè to block; to obstruct; blockage
- 撒 sǎ to sprinkle
- 掏 tāo to pull out, to dig out
- 粘 zhān to stick, to glue
- 拖 tuō to drag, to pull
- 滴 dī to drip; measure word
- 捧 pěng to hold in both hands; (measure word for handfuls)
- 淋 lín to drench, to pour
- 抛 pāo to throw
- 灭 miè to extinguish, to destroy
- 混合 hùnhé to mix, to blend
- 割 gē to cut