cuī

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  • 1

    v.urge; hurry

    • yín háng cuī tā men cháng huán dài kuǎn

      银行他们偿还贷款

      The bank is pressing them for repayment of the loan.

    • nǎi nai cuī tā shí tā zǒng shì wǎn yán xiè jué

      奶奶总是婉言谢绝

      When grandmama urges her, she always declines politely.

    • bié cuī wǒ wǒ xū yào shí jiān kǎo lǜ yī xià

      需要时间考虑一下

      Don't rush me. I need time to think about it.

  • 2

    v.speed up; accelerate

    • chūn fēng cuī lǜ

      春风绿

      The spring wind speeds the greening of the plants.

    • zhōng biǎo shēng cuī wǒ rù shuì

      钟表入睡

      The ticking of the clock lulled me to sleep.

    • tā de gē shēng cháng cháng zài cuī rén rù mián de tóng shí yòu shǐ rén fàng sōng yú yuè

      歌声常常入眠同时使放松愉悦

      His songs are often both hypnotic and reassuringly pleasant.

Words and phrases with 催

  • 催债
    [word]press for payment of debt
  • 催眠药
    [word]soporific
  • 催眠
    [word]hypnogenesis; hypnotize
  • 催眠术
    [word]hypnotism
  • 催芽
    [word]accelerate germination of seeds
  • 催命
    [word]put a nail in someone's coffin; persistently urge or pressure somebody
  • 催告
    [word]summon exhortation
  • 催收
    [word]press somebody for payment
  • 催化
    [word]catalyse
  • 催人泪下
    [idiom]draw tears from somebody

Similar-form characters to 催

Chinese Characters with pinyin cuī