刹车 meaning in English

shāchē

to brake (when driving); to stop

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 剎車12 strokes

Meaning of 刹车

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

刹车 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

刹shā车chē失shī灵líng了le。
The brake stopped working.
刹shā车chē的de功gōng能néng是shì使shǐ车chē停tíng下xià。
The function of the brake is to stop the car.
他tā撞zhuàng车chē是shì因yīn为wèi有yǒu人rén在zài刹shā车chē上shàng做zuò了le手shǒu脚jiǎo。
He crashed his car because someone tampered with the brakes.
刹shā车chē出chū了le问wèn题tí。
Something is wrong with the brakes.
除chú非fēi他tā们men事shì先xiān修xiū好hǎo刹shā车chē,我wǒ才cái会huì买mǎi车chē子zi。
I'll only buy the car if they fix the brakes first.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

刹 shā · temple · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

车 chē · car · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 刹车.

开车kāichēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok
火车huǒchētrain
上车shàng chēto get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
汽车qìchēcar; automobile
下车xià chēto get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
车上chē shang
车站chēzhànrail station; bus stop
车票chēpiàoticket for a bus or train
打车dǎchēto take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift
停车tíngchēto pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park
出租车chūzūchētaxi; (Tw) rental car
自行车zìxíngchēbicycle; bike

Questions about 刹车

What does 刹车 mean?

刹车 (shāchē) means "to brake (when driving); to stop" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 刹车?

刹车 is made of 2 characters: 刹 (8 strokes), 车 (4 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.

Is 刹车 an HSK word?

Yes. 刹车 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 刹车 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 刹车 is written 剎車.