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催
cuī
1. to urge
2. to press
3. to prompt
4. to rush sb
5. to hasten sth
6. to expedite
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 6% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

催
cuī
to press, to urge
HSK 5 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

催乳
cuīrǔ
to promote lactation
催促
cuīcù
to urge
催化
cuīhuà
catalysis
催吐
cuītù
emetic
催命
cuīmìng
to press sb to death
催奶
cuīnǎi
to promote lactation
催情
cuīqíng
to promote estrus
催泪
cuīlèi
to move to tears (of a story)
催熟
cuīshú
to promote ripening of fruit
催生
cuīshēng
to induce labor
催产
cuīchǎn
to induce labor
催眠
cuīmián
hypnosis
催肥
cuīféi
to fatten (animal before slaughter)
催芽
cuīyá
to promote germination
催讨
cuītǎo
to demand repayment of debt
催证
cuīzhèng
to call for the issue of a letter of credit (international trade)
催谷
cuīgǔ
to boost
催逼
cuībī
to press (for a payment)
碎催
suìcuī
lackey
催化剂
cuīhuàjì
catalyst

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,063
Word Frequency Rank
4,943 of 84,292

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