催促
cuīcù
to urge, to hasten
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 妈妈催促我快点起床。Mom urged me to get up quickly.
- 他一再催促我交报告。He repeatedly pressed me to hand in the report.
Collocations
再三催促催促付款不停催促催促出发
Mnemonic
催 cuī "to urge, hasten" + 促 cù "to urge, press": both mean to urge, i.e. to urge, to press. Korean renders it as "to urge, press". Repeatedly pressing someone to hurry (再三催促 to urge again and again). A synonym compound. 催 means "to urge, induce" (催眠 hypnosis); 促 means "to urge, promote" (促进 to promote).
Related
督促促使逼迫敦促
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