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塞子
sāi zi



塞子
plug


Definitions

Chinese > English
塞子sāizi
     1. n. cork; plug
English > Chinese
plug
     1.
     2. 充填物
     3. 插头
     4. 火星塞
     5. 广告
     6. 废物
     7. 打击
     8. 殴打
     9. 宣传
     10. 常演奏
     11. 辛勤工作
Components
sāi, sè, sēi
     1. to stop up; to block up
     2. to stuff; to cram; to squeeze in
           將 報紙 塞sak1 落 對 鞋 度 - to shove newspaper into a pair of shoes
     3. to be blocked; to be jammed
     4. to forbid; to suppress; to prohibit
     5. to satisfy; to fulfil
     6. to compensate; to remedy
     7. to answer; to repay
     8. to manage to arrange a position for someone
     9. to practise bribe
     10. to evade; to stall
     11. stopper; cork
     12. to be in a difficult position; destitute
     13. honest; truthful
     14. (historial) Saka people
     15. (historical) place of strategic importance; pass; fortress
     16. to build fortress; to construct fortifications
     17. frontier; border
           塞翁失馬 - The old man at the frontier losing a horse
     18. (specifically) the northern frontier of imperial China, as demarcated by the Great Wall
     19. Alternative form of 賽 (to compete, contend; contest, race)
     20. Alternative form of 簺 (an ancient gambling game)
     1. (literary) child; offspring
     2. son
           獨生子 - dúshēngzǐ - only son
           愛子 - àizǐ - beloved son
           一 子 一 女 - yī zǐ yī nǚ - one son and one daughter
     3. (literary) descendant; posterity
     4. (Christianity) the Son
     5. (in compounds) person
           女子 (nǚzǐ) - female; woman
     6. (literary) master; teacher
     7. (literary) A respectful title for teachers, usually attached after their surnames.
           孔子 (Kǒngzǐ) - Master Kong (Confucius)
           老子 (Lǎozǐ) - Laozi
     8. (literary, polite) you
     9. Alternative form of 籽 (seed); also its second-round simplified form.
           葵花子 (kuíhuāzǐ) - sunflower seed
     10. egg
           魚子 (yúzǐ) - caviar
     11. young; tender; small
     12. Prefix attached to nouns, denoting "a part of", "belonging to" or "individual". sub-
           子目錄 (zǐmùlù) - subdirectory
     13. (astrology) First earthly branch: rat in the Chinese zodiac, 11th solar month, midnight (11:00 pm to 1:00 am)
     14. (historical) viscount (fourth of five ranks of Chinese aristocracy under the Zhou dynasty)
     15. (physics, biology) -on
     16. (Min Nan) grain-like object; particle; granule
     17. (Min Nan, music) rhythm
     18. (Min Nan)
     19. Suffix:
     20.    Used to nominalize.
     21.    瓶子zi - píngzi - bottle
     22.    刷子zi - shuāzi - brush
     23.    胖子zi - pàngzi - fat person
     24.    (colloquial) Used in some classifiers.
     25.    一下子zi - yīxiàzi - all of a sudden
     26. small, round object
           算盤子jí (sǹg-pôaⁿ-jí) - abacus bead, MN
     27. (Xiamen, Quanzhou)
     28. (Zhangzhou, Taiwan)
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