要塞

Chinese

		important; vital; to want important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce	to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in; strategic pass; piston; unenlightened; Serb (abbrev.); Serbian
trad. (要塞)		要	塞
simp. #(要塞)		要	塞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yàosài

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ ㄙㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu³ coi³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yeu-sai
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iàu-sài

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iao³ sai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yàosài
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ ㄙㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yàosài
    • Wade–Giles: yao⁴-sai⁴
    • Yale: yàu-sài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yawsay
    • Palladius: яосай (jaosaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ saɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu³ coi³
    • Yale: yiu choi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu³ tsoi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu³ coi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yeu-sai
    • Hakka Romanization System: ieu sai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu⁴ sai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯eu̯⁵⁵ sai̯⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yeu-sai
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ieu sai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu⁴ sai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯eu̯⁵⁵ sai̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iàu-sài
    • Tâi-lô: iàu-sài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaosaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ sai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau²¹⁻⁵³ sai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iau¹¹⁻⁵³ sai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau²¹⁻⁴¹ sai²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iao³ sai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iàu sài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ sai²¹³/

Noun

要塞

1. (military) stronghold; fort; fortification; fortress; strategic spot

Related terms

• 要隘 (yào'ài)
• 要地 (yàodì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
要	塞
よう Grade: 4	さい Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よーさい [yòósáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːsa̠i]

Noun

要(よう)塞(さい) • (yōsai) ^{←えうさい (eusai)?}

1. (military) fortress

Korean

Hanja in this term
要	塞

Noun

要塞 • (yosae) (hangeul 요새)

1. Hanja form^? of 요새 (“fortress”).