塞兒

See also: 塞儿

Chinese

		to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in; strategic pass; piston; unenlightened; Serb (abbrev.); Serbian	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (塞兒)		塞	兒
simp. (塞儿)		塞	儿

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāir

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄞㄦ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāir
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄞㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sair
    • Wade–Giles: sai¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: sāir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sal
    • Palladius: сайр (sajr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑɻ⁵⁵/

Noun

塞兒

1. (Mandarin) Erhua form of 塞 (sāi, “stopper; cork”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 塞子 (“cork; plug”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		塞子
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	塞子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	塞子
	Wanrong	塞兒
	Xi'an	塞塞兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	塞塞子
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	久子, 築子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	築子
	Yangzhou	塞子
Gan	Lichuan	塞子, 塞兒
	Pingxiang	塞子
Hakka	Meixian	塞仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	塞仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	塞仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	塞仔
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	塞仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	塞子
Southern Min	Xiamen	窒仔
	Quanzhou	窒仔
	Zhangzhou	窒仔
	Tainan	栓仔 GT, 窒仔 GT
Xiang	Changsha	𡎺子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

• 加塞兒 / 加塞儿 (jiāsāir)

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 塞兒 – see 塞仔 (“cork; plug”). (This term is a variant form of 塞仔).