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催 meaning in English

cuī

to urge; to press

HSK 7-9verb13 strokes

Meaning of 催

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

催 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ接jiē受shòu过guò催cuī眠mián吗ma？
Have you ever been under hypnosis?
催cuī促cù客kè户hù去qù完wán成chéng一yī件jiàn任rèn务wù是shì很hěn让ràng人rén头tóu疼téng的de事shì。
Pushing customers to complete a task can be a headache.
慧huì如rú那nà个ge简jiǎn报bào档dàng还hái没méi传chuán喔ō？客kè户hù在zài催cuī。
Hasn't Huiru sent the slides yet? The client's pushing.
警jǐng方fāng将jiāng催cuī泪lèi弹dàn投tóu掷zhì到dào了le建jiàn筑zhù中zhōng。
The cops threw tear-gas bombs into the building.
蟋xī蟀shuài的de叫jiào声shēng与yǔ蛙wā鸣míng催cuī我wǒ入rù眠mián。
The sound of crickets chirping and frogs croaking lulls me to sleep.

Stroke order for each character

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催 cuī · to urge · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 催.

催眠cuīmiánto lull to sleep; to hypnotize
催促cuīcùto urge
催化剂cuīhuàjìcatalyst
催泪瓦斯cuīlèiwǎsītear gas

Questions about 催

What does 催 mean?

催 (cuī) means "to urge; to press" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 催?

催 is made of 1 character: 催 (13 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 催 an HSK word?

Yes. 催 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

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