Chinese word dictionary

塞给

sāi gěi · to slip sb sth; to press sb to accept sth; to insert surreptitiously

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Word information

Simplified塞给

Traditional塞給

Pinyinsāi gěi

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

塞sāi

to stop up, to seal, to cork, to block; pass, frontier; fortress

给gěi

to give, to lend; for, by

How to learn 塞给

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给gěi

to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)

给予jǐyǔ

(literary) to give; to accord; to render

供给gōngjǐ

to furnish; to provide; supply (as in supply and demand)

塞sāi

to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork

补给bǔjǐ

supply; replenishment; to replenish

堵塞dǔsè

to clog up; blockage