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刹

chà

HSK 6 Character Traditional 剎

What 刹 means

1. Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for {刹多罗|chà duō luó}, Sanskrit "ksetra")

Other readings

刹 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• shāto brake

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.
• 京都有许多古刹。
  There are many old temples in Kyoto.
• 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

• 刹车shā chēto brake (when driving); to stop; to switch off
• 刹那chà nàan instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye
• 刹住shā zhùto stop; to come to a halt
• 刹时chà shíin a flash; in the twinkling of an eye
• 刹停shā tíngto brake to a halt
• 刹把shā bǎbrake lever; crank handle for stopping or turning off machinery
• 刹不住shā bu zhùunable to brake (stop)
• 刹车灯shā chē dēngbrake light

Words containing 刹

• 一刹那yī chà nàa moment; an instant; in a flash
• 什刹海shí chà hǎiShichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes
• 急刹车jí shā chēemergency braking
• 古刹gǔ chàold Buddhist temple
• 塔刹tǎ chàBuddhist ornamentation decorating the upper story of a pagoda
• 巴刹bā shābazaar (loanword); Taiwan pr. bā chà
• 手刹shǒu shāhandbrake
• 梵刹Fàn chàBuddhist temple; monastery
• 罗刹luó chàdemon in Buddhism; poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for…
• 脚刹jiǎo shāfoot brake
• 手刹车shǒu shā chēhandbrake
• 踩刹车cǎi shā chēto step on the brake; to brake (when driving)

Characters that look like 刹

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 到dàoto reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage
• 制zhìsystem; to control; to regulate
• 别biéto leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish…
• 削xuēto pare; to reduce; to remove
• 剃tìto shave

Sounds the same

Read chà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 差different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack
• 岔fork in road; bifurcation; branch in road, river, mountain range etc
• 诧to be surprised; to be astonished
• 杈branches of a tree; fork of a tree
• 姹(literary) beautiful
• 叉used in 劈叉; used in 分叉
• 汊branching stream
• 侘boast; despondent
• 衩slit on either side of robe