刹住

剎住

shāzhù

verb #71,494

Meanings

1 to brake to a stop
2 to put a stop to
3 to curb (a trend)

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

司机及时刹住了车。

Sījī jíshí shāzhù le chē.

The driver braked to a stop just in time.

HSK 7-9

这股浪费的风气必须尽快刹住。

Zhè gǔ làngfèi de fēngqì bìxū jǐnkuài shāzhù.

This wasteful trend must be stopped as soon as possible.

Tips

mistakes

刹 is read shā here, as in 刹车 'brake'. The other reading, chà, is for temples and in 刹那 'an instant'. Editorials use 刹住 for reining in bad habits: 刹住歪风 'to curb an unhealthy trend'.

Stroke Order

刹 shā

住 zhù