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催

cuī

HSK 5 Character

What 催 means

1. to urge
2. to press
3. to prompt
4. to rush sb
5. to hasten sth
6. to expedite

Example sentences

• 你接受过催眠吗？
  Have you ever been under hypnosis?
• 溪流潺潺，催我入眠。
  Xīliú chánchán, cuī wǒ rùmián.
  The murmur of the brook lulls me to sleep.
• 蟋蟀的叫声与蛙鸣催我入眠。
  Xīshuài de jiàoshēng yǔ wā míng cuī wǒ rùmián.
  The sound of crickets chirping and frogs croaking lulls me to sleep.
• 警方将催泪弹投掷到了建筑中。
  The cops threw tear-gas bombs into the building.
• 慧如那个简报档还没传喔？客户在催。
  Hasn't Huiru sent the slides yet? The client's pushing.
• 催促客户去完成一件任务是很让人头疼的事。
  Pushing customers to complete a task can be a headache.

Words starting with 催

• 催促cuī cùto urge
• 催眠cuī miánto lull to sleep; to hypnotize
• 催生cuī shēngto pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby; (obstetrics) to induce labor…
• 催化剂cuī huà jìcatalyst
• 催化cuī huàto catalyze (a reaction); catalysis
• 催乳cuī rǔto promote lactation; to stimulate lactation (e.g. with drug)
• 催吐cuī tùto induce vomiting
• 催命cuī mìngto press sb to death; fig. to pressurize sb continually
• 催奶cuī nǎito promote lactation; to stimulate lactation (e.g. with drug)
• 催婚cuī hūnto urge sb (typically, one's adult child or nephew etc) to get married
• 催情cuī qíngto promote estrus; to bring an animal to heat by artificial means
• 催收cuī shōuto urge sb to provide sth; (esp.) to press (for payment of a debt); debt collection
• 催更cuī gēng(slang) (of a follower) to urge (a blogger etc) to post some fresh content (abbr. for 催促更新
• 催熟cuī shúto promote ripening of fruit
• 催产cuī chǎnto induce labor; to expedite childbirth
• 催肥cuī féito fatten (animal before slaughter)
• 催讨cuī tǎoto demand repayment of debt
• 催证cuī zhèngto call for the issue of a letter of credit (international trade)
• 催谷cuī gǔto boost; to propel
• 催账cuī zhàngto demand payment of money owed
• 催逼cuī bīto press (for a payment)
• 催吐剂cuī tù jìan emetic
• 催生婆cuī shēng pómidwife who induces labor
• 催生素cuī shēng sùoxytocin

Words containing 催

• 悲催bēi cuī(slang) miserable; wretched; unfortunate (often humorous or self-deprecating)
• 碎催suì cuīlackey
• 自我催眠zì wǒ cuī miánself-hypnotism
• 羯鼓催花jié gǔ cuī huādrumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum…
• 三催四请sān cuī sì qǐngto coax and plead
• 长江后浪催前浪Cháng Jiāng hòu làng cuī qián làngsee 长江后浪推前浪

Characters built on 崔

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

• 摧cuīto break; to destroy; to devastate
• 璀cuǐluster of gems
• 巂guīcuckoo; revolution of a wheel
• 漼cuǐhaving the appearance of depth

Characters that look like 催

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

• 镀dùto plate (with gold, silver etc); (prefix) -plated
• 慷kāngused in 慷慨
• 傍bàngnear; approaching; to depend on
• 慵yōnglethargic
• 惺xīng(literary) to come to one's senses; to awaken; (literary) astute; sharp-witted
• 嫡dí(bound form) of or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine (contrasted with 庶

Sounds the same

Read cuī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 摧to break; to destroy; to devastate
• 崔(literary) (of mountains) lofty
• 榱rafter (classical)
• 獕used in 猥獕
• 磪a high mountain; precipitous
• 缞mourning garments of coarse hemp
• 衰variant of 缞