煞
shāshà

malignant deity

煞 shā frequency
damage verb
to damage, spoil, or dampen

他的话很煞威风。

tā de huà hěn shā wēi​fēng.

His words were a real blow to one's prestige.

stop verb
to terminate, cut short, or bring to a stop

他猛地煞住了车。

tā měng​de shā zhù le chē.

He slammed on the brakes.

tighten verb
to squeeze or tighten

把腰带煞紧一点儿。

bǎ yāo​dài shā​jǐn yì​diǎn'ér.

Tighten the belt a bit more.

煞 shà
SARS verb
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), used as a loanword in Taiwan

当年煞在台湾流行时，大家都很紧张。

dāng​nián shà zài Tái​wān liú​xíng shí, dà​jiā dōu hěn jǐn​zhāng.

When SARS was prevalent in Taiwan, everyone was very nervous.

demon noun
an evil spirit or demon

传说这里的煞气非常重。

chuán​shuō zhè​lǐ de shà​qì fēi​cháng zhòng.

Legend has it that this place is filled with negative energy.

very idiom
extremely or very; used as an adverbial intensifier

他为了写好这本书，真是煞费苦心。

tā wèi​le xiě hǎo zhè běn shū, zhēn shì shà​fèi​kǔ​xīn.

He took great pains to write this book well.

Cross-References

Variant of

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,280th most common 25.7 per million
Movie subtitles
2,889th most common 4.12 per million appears in 2% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.13 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
12.5 per million

Details
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+715E

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)