caat3剎刹
Jyutpingcaat3
Yalechaat
Definition
To brake; to slow down or stop, especially a vehicle.
colloquialtransportdaily actions
How it's used
Used almost exclusively in the context of operating vehicles or machinery. While it functions as a verb, it is most frequently encountered in the compound forms 剎車 or 剎制. It carries a sense of suddenness or immediate physical force, distinguishing it from more general terms for stopping or slowing down.
Examples
Someone is crossing the road ahead, brake quickly!
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 殺, which sounds similar but means to kill. Ensure you use the correct character when writing, as mixing them up changes the meaning from stopping a vehicle to committing a violent act.
Grammar color guide
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
