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催 cuī

to press (urge, hurry)

Strokes
13
Level
HSK 5
Radical
亻
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 亻崔 ⿰亻崔

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  1. 妈妈一直在催他快点儿起床。
    Māma yìzhí zài cuī tā kuàidiǎnr qǐchuáng.
    Mom keeps urging him to get up quickly.
    mom always at urge he quicker get-up
  2. 你为什么老是催我？
    Nǐ wèishénme lǎoshi cuī wǒ?
    Why do you keep rushing me?
    you why always urge me (question)
  3. 别催了，我马上就好。
    Bié cuī le, wǒ mǎshàng jiù hǎo.
    Stop rushing me, I'll be ready in a moment.
    don't urge (particle) I immediately then ready
  4. 他没有催我们，我们自己主动完成的。
    Tā méiyǒu cuī wǒmen, wǒmen zìjǐ zhǔdòng wánchéng de.
    He didn't rush us, we finished it on our own initiative.
    he not urge us we self initiative finish (particle)
  5. 出发前，他一直在门口催大家快点儿。
    Chūfā qián, tā yìzhí zài ménkǒu cuī dàjiā kuàidiǎnr.
    Before departure, he kept urging everyone at the door to hurry up.
    depart before he always at doorway urge everyone quicker

Words with 催 (1)