gěng sè 
		to clog
to block
to obstruct
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sè 
		to stop up
to stuff
to cope with
		 
		
		
														
		
		
					
				
		
			sài 
		strategic pass
tactical border position
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sāi 
		to stop up
to squeeze in
to stuff
cork
stopper
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Sāi 
		Serbia
Serbian
abbr. for 塞爾維亞|塞尔维亚[Sai1 er3 wei2 ya4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bì sè 
		to stop up
to close up
hard to get to
out of the way
inaccessible
unenlightened
blocking
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bù lǔ sài ěr 
		Brussels, capital of Belgium
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dǔ sè 
		to block
to stop
blockage
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Ā sài bài jiāng 
		Azerbaijan, former Soviet Republic and region of northwest Iran in Caucasus
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yào sài 
		stronghold
fort
fortification
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			wā sāi 
		(slang) wow!
also pr. [wa1 sei1]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			táng sè 
		to muddle through
to fob somebody off
to beat around the bush
to dodge
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tián sè 
		to fill up
to cram
to stuff
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xīn jī gěng sè 
		myocardial infarction
heart attack
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xīn jī gěng sāi 
		myocardial infarction
heart attack
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sāi mǎn 
		to stuff full
to cram in
packed tight
chock full
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yàn sè hú 
		dammed lake
lake formed by landslip or lava flow
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sāi gěi 
		to slip sb sth
to press sb to accept sth
to insert surreptitiously
to foist sth off on sb
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yōng sè 
		to be clogged up
to be congested (traffic, computer network etc)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Ān sāi 
		Ansai county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			píng sāi 
		bottle cork
bottle stopper
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			máo sè dùn kāi 
		murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Sài wēng shī mǎ 
		The old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
It's an ill wind that blows no-one any good.