shā chē

Traditional: 剎車

HSK 7–9

刹车 (shā chē) is a Chinese word meaning “to brake (when driving); to stop; to switch off”.

Meanings

  1. 1to brake (when driving)
  2. 2to stop
  3. 3to switch off
  4. 4to check (bad habits)
  5. 5a brake
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 刹车

刹chà · Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 剎多羅|刹多罗[cha4 duo1 luo2], Sanskrit "ksetra")车chē · car

Related words

车car车war chariot (archaic)车surname Che汽车car开车to drive a car (or train etc)停车to pull up (stop one's vehicle)卡车truck火车train出租车taxi车子car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc)车祸traffic accident; car crash停车场parking lot

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