促
cù
urge, press, hurry; close
- Strokes
- 9
- Level
- HSK 4 · TOCFL Level 4
- Frequency
- No. 2,273
How to write 促, stroke by stroke
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What 促 means
(bound form) of short duration; hasty; rapid; (bound form) to hasten; to hurry; to urge; (literary) close by; pressed against
Ideographic: Someone 亻 on your heels 足; 足 also provides the pronunciation
Words with 促
- 促进cù jìnto promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost
- 促使cù shǐto prompt; to induce; to spur
- 促成cù chéngto facilitate; to help bring about
- 仓促cāng cùall of a sudden; hurriedly
- 促销cù xiāoto promote sales
- 催促cuī cùto urge
- 急促jí cùurgent; hurried and brief; rushing
- 敦促dūn cùto press; to urge; to hasten
- 督促dū cùto supervise and urge completion of a task; to urge on
- 局促jú cùcramped; ill at ease
- 促动cù dòngto motivate
- 促求cù qiúto urge
促 in a sentence
zhè ge gù shì cāng cù dì jié le wěi 。
The story concluded abruptly.
xiāng hù lǐ jiě néng cù jìn hé píng 。
Mutual understanding promotes peace.
jī è cù shǐ tā tōu qiè 。
Hunger urged him to steal.
hēi sè xīng qī wǔ cù xiāo huó dòng xī yǐn le xǔ duō gòu wù zhě 。
Black Friday sales attract shoppers.
kě néng huì yǐn qǐ shì lì mó hu 、 hū xī jí cù děng fù zuò yòng 。
Possible side effects include blurred vision and shortness of breath.