Chinese word

刹车

Pronunciation

Pinyinshā chē

Meaning

  • verbbrake

Example

司机突然刹车，车停住了。sī jī tū rán shā chē chē tíng zhù le

The driver suddenly braked, and the car stopped.

Illustration for 刹车 (brake)

More examples

司机在弯道紧急刹车，避免了事故。sī jī zài wān dào jǐn jí shā chē bì miǎn liǎo shì gù

The driver braked in an emergency on a curve and avoided an accident.

Core concept

A moving vehicle loses speed because its forward motion is checked by the brakes.

Common phrases

  • 紧急刹车jǐn jí shā chē

    make an emergency stop

  • 猛然刹车měng rán shā chē

    brake suddenly

  • 连续刹车lián xù shā chē

    brake continuously

Similar words

踩刹车cǎi shā chē: Pressing a brake pedal with the foot to make a vehicle slow down or stop.
拉刹车lā shā chē: Pulling a brake lever by hand to make a vehicle slow down or stop.
减速jiǎn sù: Making a moving vehicle go more slowly.
停车tíng chē: Bringing a moving vehicle or other transport to a complete stop.

Definition in Chinese

用制动系统使行驶的车辆减速或停住。yòng zhì dòng xì tǒng shǐ xíng shǐ de chē liàng jiǎn sù huò tíng zhù

Word origin

刹 (shā, "stop or slow") contributes the braking action and 车 (chē, "vehicle") identifies what receives it, so the compound centers on stopping a vehicle.

Usage tips

  • The same everyday verb applies to cars, bicycles, and other vehicles, so the vehicle involved usually comes from the surrounding sentence rather than from the verb itself.

Other meanings

  • slow downverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 刹车片shā chē piànbrake padnoun
  • 刹车踏板shā chē tà bǎnbrake pedalnoun
  • 刹车系统shā chē xì tǒngbrake systemnoun

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