煞车

煞車
shāchē
to brake (when driving)

CEDICT

以物施压于运转中的机件，以产生摩擦力，藉以减缓或停止车辆、机器的运动，这种装置，称为「煞车」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 煞 shā
  1. to terminate
  2. to cut short
  3. to bring to a stop
  4. to squeeze
  5. to tighten
  6. to damage
  7. variant of 杀 shā
2 车 chē
  1. car
  2. vehicle
  3. machine
  4. to shape with a lathe
  5. Kangxi radical 159

classifier: 輛

Related entries

制动 zhìdòng to brake
刹 shā to brake
刹车 shāchē
  1. to brake (when driving)
  2. to stop
  3. to switch off
  4. to check (bad habits)
  5. a brake
刹车失灵了。

The brake stopped working.

Source: Tatoeba

煞住 shāzhù
  1. to brake
  2. to stop
  3. to forbid
踩刹车 cǎishāchē
  1. to step on the brake
  2. to brake (when driving)