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cuī
HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. to urge
  2. 2. to press
  3. 3. to prompt
  4. 4. to rush sb
  5. 5. to hasten sth
  6. 6. to expedite

Words Containing 催

悲催
bēi cuī

(Internet slang) miserable

催收
cuī shōu

to urge sb to provide sth

催吐
cuī tù

to induce vomiting

催谷
cuī gǔ

to boost

催乳激素
cuī rǔ jī sù

prolactin

催眠药
cuī mián yào

soporific drug

催逼
cuī bī

to press (for a payment)

催肥
cuī féi

to fatten (animal before slaughter)

催泪弹
cuī lèi dàn

tear bomb

催生者
cuī shēng zhě

driving force behind sth

催吐剂
cuī tù jì

an emetic

催熟
cuī shú

to promote ripening of fruit

催促
cuī cù

to urge

催生婆
cuī shēng pó

midwife who induces labor

催情
cuī qíng

to promote estrus

羯鼓催花
jié gǔ cuī huā

drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom

碎催
suì cuī

lackey

催奶
cuī nǎi

to promote lactation

催讨
cuī tǎo

to demand repayment of debt

催泪
cuī lèi

to move to tears (of a story)

催泪瓦斯
cuī lèi wǎ sī

tear gas

催眠曲
cuī mián qǔ

lullaby

催膘
cuī biāo

to feed livestock with highly nutritional food in order to fatten them up in a short time

催命
cuī mìng

to press sb to death

催化剂
cuī huà jì

catalyst

催证
cuī zhèng

to call for the issue of a letter of credit (international trade)

催眠状态
cuī mián zhuàng tài

hypnosis

催化作用
cuī huà zuò yòng

catalysis

催婚
cuī hūn

to urge sb (typically, one's adult child or nephew etc) to get married

催乳
cuī rǔ

to promote lactation

催眠术
cuī mián shù

hypnotism

催泪大片
cuī lèi dà piàn

tear-jerker (movie)

三催四请
sān cuī sì qǐng

to coax and plead

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[cháng jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng]

催肥剂
cuī féi jì

(animal) fattening preparation

催泪剂
cuī lèi jì

lachrymator

催产
cuī chǎn

to induce labor

催芽
cuī yá

to promote germination

催生
cuī shēng

to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby

催生素
cuī shēng sù

oxytocin

催眠
cuī mián

hypnosis

自我催眠
zì wǒ cuī mián

self-hypnotism

催化
cuī huà

catalysis