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刹车

shā chē

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 剎車

What 刹车 means

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

The characters in 刹车

• 刹chàBuddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 刹多罗
• 车chēcar; vehicle; machine

Example sentences

• 刹车失灵了。
  Shāchē shīlíng le.
  The brake stopped working.
• 刹车出了问题。
  Shāchē chū le wèntí.
  Something is wrong with the brakes.
• 刹车的功能是使车停下。
  The function of the brake is to stop the car.
• 他撞车是因为有人在刹车上做了手脚。
  Tā zhuàngchē shì yīnwèi yǒurén zài shāchē shàng zuò le shǒujiǎo.
  He crashed his car because someone tampered with the brakes.
• 除非他们事先修好刹车，我才会买车子。
  Chúfēi tāmen shìxiān xiūhǎo shāchē, wǒ cái huì mǎi chēzi.
  I'll only buy the car if they fix the brakes first.

Words starting with 刹车

• 刹车灯shā chē dēngbrake light

Words containing 刹车

• 急刹车jí shā chēemergency braking
• 手刹车shǒu shā chēhandbrake
• 踩刹车cǎi shā chēto step on the brake; to brake (when driving)

Sounds the same

Read shā chē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 煞车to brake (when driving)
• 莎车see 莎车县