瓶塞

píngsāi

noun #31,218

Measure Word

一个瓶塞 gè

Meanings

1 bottle cork
2 bottle stopper

Characters

to stuff; stopper

Examples

他用开瓶器拔出瓶塞。

Tā yòng kāipíngqì bá chū píngsāi.

He pulled out the cork with a corkscrew.

瓶塞掉到地上了。

Píngsāi diào dào dìshang le.

The bottle stopper fell to the floor.

Tips

memory

瓶 (bottle) + 塞 (to stuff/plug). 塞 is the same character used in 塞车 ('traffic jam') and 边塞 ('frontier pass') — it has multiple readings: sāi here ('stopper'), sài for 'frontier', sè for 'block up' in some compounds. The 瓶塞 reading is always sāi.

Stroke Order

瓶 píng

塞 sāi