催 (ceoi1 | cui1) : urge, press, hurry

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催

ceoi1

cui1

urge; press; hurry; hasten; accelerate; expedite; speed up

Default PoS:

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

催

This word has been viewed 6872 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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催淚氣 ceoi1 leoi6 hei3 cui1 lei4 qi4 = tear gas 粵

催命鬼 ceoi1 meng6 gwai2 cui1 ming4 gui3 = a prodder

催命符 ceoi1 meng6 fu4 = a written Taoistic spell which is supposed to hasten a person's death

催妝 ceoi1 zong1 = bridegroom's gift of cosmetics, etc. sent to bride on day before wedding

催命 ceoi1 meng6 cui1 ming4 = to persistently press or urge someone

催促 ceoi1 cuk1 cui1 cu4 = to press and urge; to hasten 國

催吐劑 ceoi1 tou3 zai1 cui1 tu3 ji4 = an emetic (drug that induces vomiting)

催奶 ceoi1 naai5 cui1 nai3 = to promote lactation

催淚 ceoi1 leoi6 cui1 lei4 = tearjerking

催熟 ceoi1 suk6 cui1 shu2 = to accelerate the ripening (of fruit)
See all 39 compounds (CantoDict reports 41 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 催
Unicode code for this character: U+50ac (off-site link)

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