| shā | to terminate/to cut short/to squeeze/to tighten/to reduce/extremely |
| shà | fiend/baleful/to bring to a stop/very |
| 煞 | to terminate to cut short to squeeze |
| 煞住 | to brake to stop to forbid |
| 煞尾 | to finish off to wind up |
| 煞性子 | to vent anger |
| 煞星 | a malignant star -- (usually said of a person) that brings wars, deaths, calamities or disasters |
| 煞是 | extremely very |
| 煞有介事 | to pretend to be serious about doing sth (idiom) |
| 煞气 | a leak |
| 煞白 | deathly white |
| 煞神 | demon; fiend |
| 煞笔 | to stop one's pen to break off writing final remarks (at the end of a book or article) |
| 煞账 | to settle an account |
| 煞费心机 | Rack one's brains. |
| 煞费苦心 | to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking at the cost of a lot of effort |
| 煞车 | to brake (when driving) |
| 煞车器 | the brakes (of a car, bicycle, etc.) |
| 煞风景 | to damage beautiful scenery fig. to spoil the fun |