催
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cuī · to press, to urge

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HSK 2.0 · Level 5HSK 3.0 · Level 5Frequency #4565
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13Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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亻Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 催

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Example sentences

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Cuī cù kè hù qù wán chéng yí jiàn rènwu shì hěn ràng rén tóu téng de shì.催促客户去完成一件任务是很让人头疼的事。

Pushing customers to complete a task can be a headache.

Source: Tatoeba #2431766 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ jiē shòu guò cuī mián má?你接受過催眠嗎?

Have you ever been under hypnosis?

Source: Tatoeba #13135838 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Xī shuài de jiào shēng yǔ wā míng cuī wǒ rù mián.蟋蟀的叫声与蛙鸣催我入眠。

The sound of crickets chirping and frogs croaking lulls me to sleep.

Source: Tatoeba #9969995 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Jǐng fāng jiāng cuī lèi dàn tóu zhì dào le jiàn zhù zhōng.警方將催淚彈投擲到了建築中。

The cops threw tear-gas bombs into the building.

Source: Tatoeba #10460780 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Xī liú chán chán, cuī wǒ rù mián.溪流潺潺,催我入眠。

The murmur of the brook lulls me to sleep.

Source: Tatoeba #2221100 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Huì rú nà gè jiǎn bào dàng huán méi chuán wō? kè hù zài cuī.慧如那個簡報檔還沒傳喔?客戶在催。

Hasn't Huiru sent the slides yet? The client's pushing.

Source: Tatoeba #13523787 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 催 in context

  1. Say cuī, then recall the core meaning: to press, to urge.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 催促 (cuī cù), meaning “to urge”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 催 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.