Chinese word dictionary

搪塞

táng sè · to muddle through; to fob sb off; to beat around the bush

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Word information

Simplified搪塞

Traditional搪塞

Pinyintáng sè

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.

搪táng

to parry, to block; to ward off, to evade

塞sāi

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

How to learn 搪塞

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

塞sāi

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

堵塞dǔsè

to clog up; blockage

闭塞bì sè

to stop up; to close up; hard to get to; out of the way; inaccessible