cuī

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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

催促
cuī cù

to urge

催眠
cuī mián

hypnosis

三催四请
sān cuī sì qǐng

to coax and plead

催乳
cuī rǔ

to promote lactation

催乳激素
cuī rǔ jī sù

prolactin

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

催奶
cuī nǎi

to promote lactation

催婚
cuī hūn

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

催情
cuī qíng

to promote estrus

催收
cuī shōu

to urge sb to provide sth

催泪
cuī lèi

to move to tears (of a story)

催泪剂
cuī lèi jì

lachrymator

催泪大片
cuī lèi dà piàn

tear-jerker (movie)

催泪弹
cuī lèi dàn

tear bomb

催泪瓦斯
cuī lèi wǎ sī

tear gas

催熟
cuī shú

to promote ripening of fruit

催生
cuī shēng

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

催生婆
cuī shēng pó

midwife who induces labor

催生素
cuī shēng sù

oxytocin

催生者
cuī shēng zhě

driving force behind sth

催产
cuī chǎn

to induce labor

催眠曲
cuī mián qǔ

lullaby

催眠状态
cuī mián zhuàng tài

hypnosis

催眠药
cuī mián yào

soporific drug

催眠术
cuī mián shù

hypnotism

催肥
cuī féi

to fatten (animal before slaughter)

催肥剂
cuī féi jì

(animal) fattening preparation

催膘
cuī biāo

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

催芽
cuī yá

to promote germination

催讨
cuī tǎo

to demand repayment of debt

催证
cuī zhèng

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

催谷
cuī gǔ

to boost

催逼
cuī bī

to press (for a payment)

悲催
bēi cuī

(Internet slang) miserable

碎催
suì cuī

lackey

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

自我催眠
zì wǒ cuī mián

self-hypnotism

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]