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促
cù
1. urgent
2. hurried
3. to urge
4. to promote
5. to urge haste
6. close
7. intimate
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

促
cù
to urge, to rush, to hurry; hasty; near, close
HSK 5 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

迫促
pòcù
to urge
力促
lìcù
to urge
匆促
cōngcù
hastily
局促
júcù
narrow (surrounding)
急促
jícù
urgent
敦促
dūncù
to press
暑促
shǔcù
summer promotion (sale)
督促
dūcù
to supervise and urge completion of a task
HSK 6
短促
duǎncù
short in time
HSK 6
局促
júcù
cramped
促使
cùshǐ
to induce
HSK 5
促动
cùdòng
to motivate
促弦
cùxián
to tighten the strings (of a musical instrument)
促成
cùchéng
to facilitate
促求
cùqiú
to urge
促狭
cùxiá
(coll.) teasing
促织
cùzhī
cricket (insect)
促声
cùshēng
same as [[入聲|入声<rùshēng>]]
促膝
cùxī
lit. knees pressed close
促请
cùqǐng
to urge

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,101
Word Frequency Rank
1,312 of 84,292

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