# 刹车 (shāchē)

In Mandarin Chinese, 刹车 (shāchē) means “to brake; brake”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to brake; brake
- Pinyin: shāchē (sha1 che1)
- Traditional: 剎車
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 司机及时踩下刹车，避免了事故。
  Sījī jíshí cǎi xià shāchē, bìmiǎnle shìgù.
  The driver hit the brakes in time and avoided an accident.

## Characters

- 刹 (chà): Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 刹多罗, Sanskri
- [车](https://hanziro.com/word/che-car/) (chē): car; vehicle

https://hanziro.com/word/sha-che-brake/

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