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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cù | cu4
English translation
urgent
hurried
to urge
to promote
to urge haste
close
intimate
to urge, to rush, to hurry; hasty; near, close

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

亻足

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土壤 tǔrǎng zēng Shī 有机质 huì 促进 cùjìn gài de 损失 sǔnshī .

Additions of organic matter to soil hasten calcium losses.

zhēng 它们 tā men de 分子量 fēn zǐ liàng de 类似物一样 yīyàng ,微量 wēi liàng de suān huò jiǎn Cháng Néng 促进 cùjìn 聚合物 jù hé wù de 水解 shuǐ jiě .

Hydrolysis of polymers if often catalyzed by traces of acids or bases.

他们 tā men Quán Cóng tiáo 仓促 cāngcù de shǎng le àn .

They all pell - melled out of that river.

如果 rúguǒ 这种 zhè zhǒng 液体 yètǐ zài Huā shǎng 以后 yǐ hòu , huì 促使 cùshǐ 蕃茄 fān qié 结实 jiēshí .

This liquid, if sprayed on the flowers, helps to set the tomatoes.

离别 lí bié 促进 cùjìn le xiǎng 夏绿重逢 chóng féng de 愿望 yuànwàng , 消除 xiāochú 了她 duì 柯林斯 Kē lín sī 先生 Xiānsheng de 厌恶 yànwù .

Absence had increased her desire of seeing Charlotte again, and weakened her disgust of Mr. Collins.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
促进 cùjìn boost促進
促使 cùshǐ to induce促使 cùshǐ
促销 cù xiāo to promote sales促銷
促成 cù chéng to facilitate促成 cù chéng
仓促 cāngcù hurriedly倉促
urgent
督促 dūcù to urge on督促 dūcù
催促 cuī cù to urge催促 cuī cù
急促 jí cù urgent急促 jí cù
敦促 dūn cù to press敦促 dūn cù
短促 duǎncù fleeting短促 duǎncù
局促 jú cù cramped侷促
局促不安 jú cù bù ān ill at ease局促不安 jú cù bù ān
促膝谈心 cù xī tán xīn to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom)促膝談心
促膝 cù xī intimate促膝 cù xī
力促 lì cù to urge力促 lì cù
促请 cù qǐng to urge促請
匆促 cōng cù hastily匆促 cōng cù
促退 cù tuì to hinder促退 cù tuì
迫促 pò cù to urge迫促 pò cù
促声 cù shēng entering tone促聲

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Decomposition

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