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促

cù

HSK 5 Character

What 促 means

1. bound formof short duration; hasty; rapid
2. bound formto hasten; to hurry; to urge
3. literaryclose by; pressed against

Example sentences

• 我们促膝谈心。
  Wǒmen cùxītánxīn.
  We had a heart-to-heart talk with each other.
• 饥饿促使他偷窃。
  Jī'è cùshǐ tā tōuqiè.
  Hunger urged him to steal.
• 相互理解能促进和平。
  Xiānghù lǐjiě néng cùjìn hépíng.
  Mutual understanding promotes peace.
• 这个故事仓促地结了尾。
  Zhège gùshi cāngcù de jié le wěi.
  The story ended suddenly.
• 它也会促进城市的经济发展。
  Tā yě huì cùjìn chéngshì de jīngjìfāzhǎn.
  It will also help to strengthen the city's economy.
• 最近天猫上有手机促销活动。
  Zuì jìn tiān māo shàng yǒu shǒujī cùxiāo huódòng.
  Recently T Mall has had a sales promotion on cell phones.

Words starting with 促

• 促进cù jìnto promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost
• 促使cù shǐto prompt; to induce; to spur
• 促销cù xiāoto promote sales
• 促成cù chéngto facilitate; to help bring about
• 促动cù dòngto motivate
• 促求cù qiúto urge
• 促织cù zhīcricket (insect)
• 促请cù qǐngto urge
• 促声cù shēngentering tone (synonym of 入声
• 促退cù tuìto hinder progress
• 促狭cù xiá(colloquial) teasing; mischievous; (colloquial) cunning; sly
• 促狭鬼cù xiá guǐmischievous fellow; rascal
• 促膝cù xīto sit knee to knee
• 促膝谈心cù xī tán xīn(idiom) to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk
• 促弦cù xiánto tighten the strings (of a musical instrument)

Words containing 促

• 督促dū cùto supervise and urge completion of a task; to urge on
• 仓促cāng cùall of a sudden; hurriedly
• 短促duǎn cùshort in time; fleeting; brief
• 催促cuī cùto urge
• 急促jí cùurgent; hurried and brief; rushing
• 敦促dūn cùto press; to urge; to hasten
• 局促jú cùcramped; ill at ease
• 局促不安jú cù bù ānill at ease; uncomfortable
• 力促lì cùto urge; to press (for action)
• 迫促pò cùto urge; urgent; pressing
• 匆促cōng cùhastily; in a hurry
• 暑促shǔ cùsummer promotion (sale)
• 局促一隅jú cù yī yúto be cramped in a corner (idiom)
• 中国民主促进会Zhōng guó Mín zhǔ Cù jìn huìChina Association for Promoting Democracy…
• 中国国际贸易促进委员会Zhōng guó Guó jì Mào yì Cù jìn Wěi yuán huìChina Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)

Characters built on 足

These share the phonetic component 足 (zú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 距jùto be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance…
• 踞jùto be based upon; to squat
• 躇chúused in 踌躇
• 蹙cùto knit (one's brows); wrinkled (of brows); to hesitate
• 蹴cùcarefully; to kick; to tread on
• 蹼pǔweb (of feet of ducks, frogs etc)
• 趺fūinstep; tarsus
• 躅zhúused in 踯躅

Characters that look like 促

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 便biànplain; informal; suitable
• 捉zhuōto clutch; to grab; to capture
• 炬jùtorch
• 佼jiǎohandsome
• 俚lǐrustic; vulgar; unrefined
• 觊jìto covet; to long for

Sounds the same

Read cù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 醋vinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)
• 簇(bound form) to cluster; to pile up; cluster; pile…
• 蹙to knit (one's brows); wrinkled (of brows); to hesitate
• 猝abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
• 蹴carefully; to kick; to tread on
• 瘯(skin disease)
• 踤to butt against
• 踧carefully; level; smooth
• 卒variant of 猝
• 蔟see 蚕蔟
• 䠞variant of 蹙
• 酢variant of 醋