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閉塞

简闭塞 · 繁閉塞

Mandarin · pinyin bì sè

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塞: sāi · stop up, block, seal, cork; pass, frontier; fortress
闭: bì · shut, close; obstruct, block up

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4–4 · bi4 se4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bai3 sak1

Cantonese word readings for 閉塞. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to be stopped up; to be closed up

noun

(rail transport) block system

adj

hard to get to; out of the way; inaccessible
unenlightened; uninformed; conservative

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