催
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to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,499 U+50AC
How 催 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
亻 (semantic, “person”) + 崔 (phonetic, cuī)
How to remember it
prod · Heisig RSH #2094
人 person + pterodactyl
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 崔
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 崔 (cuī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 崔 sound component | cuī | high, lofty, towering; surname |
| 摧 | cuī | to destroy, to wreck |
| 璀 | cuǐ | brillance; luster; to shine |
| 巂 | xī | a place name |
Words containing 催
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 催化作用 | cuī huà zuò yòng | catalysis |
| 催生者 | cuī shēng zhě | driving force behind sth |
| 长江后浪催前浪 | Cháng Jiāng hòu làng cuī qián làng | see 長江後浪推前浪|长江后浪推前浪[Chang2 Jiang1 hou4 lang4 tui1 qian2 lang4] |
| 催生素 | cuī shēng sù | oxytocin |
| 催化剂 | cuī huà jì | catalyst |
| 催产素 | cuī chǎn sù | oxytocin |
| 三催四请 | sān cuī sì qǐng | to coax and plead |
| 催生 | cuī shēng | to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby; (obstetrics) to induce labor; … |
| 催化 | cuī huà | to catalyze (a reaction); catalysis |
| 催泪大片 | cuī lèi dà piàn | tear-jerker (movie) |
| 催情 | cuī qíng | to promote estrus; to bring an animal to heat by artificial means |
| 催乳激素 | cuī rǔ jī sù | prolactin |
| 催泪瓦斯 | cuī lèi wǎ sī | tear gas |
| 催产 | cuī chǎn | to induce labor; to expedite childbirth |
| 催命 | cuī mìng | to press sb to death; fig. to pressurize sb continually |
| 催生婆 | cuī shēng pó | midwife who induces labor |
| 催收 | cuī shōu | to urge sb to provide sth; (esp.) to press (for payment of a debt); debt collection |
| 催证 | cuī zhèng | to call for the issue of a letter of credit (international trade) |
| 催肥剂 | cuī féi jì | (animal) fattening preparation |
| 催吐剂 | cuī tù jì | an emetic |