cuī

to urge

to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite

person (亻) + cuī sound (崔) = urge someone to hurry

崔 lends the sound cuī; the person radical grounds the action in human behavior — one person pressing another to move faster.

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PersonSemantic
A surnamePhonetic

妈妈一直在我去睡觉。

māma yīzhí zài cuī wǒ qù shuìjiào。

Mom has been urging me to go to sleep.

他不停地我把报告交上去。

tā bù tíng de cuī wǒ bǎ bàogào jiāo shàngqù。

He kept pressing me to hand in the report.

Words with 催

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]

三催四请

sān cuī sì qǐng

to coax and plead

催泪剂

cuī lèi jì

lachrymator

催乳

cuī rǔ

to promote lactation

催乳激素

cuī rǔ jī sù

prolactin

催促

cuī cù

to urge

催化

cuī huà

catalysis

催化作用

cuī huà zuò yòng

catalysis

催化剂

cuī huà jì

catalyst

催吐

cuī tù

to induce vomiting

催吐剂

cuī tù jì

an emetic

催命

cuī mìng

to press sb to death

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