"催" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰu̯i²⁴/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /t͡sʰui⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /t͡sʰui³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /t͡sʰui⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /t͡sʰui⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /t͡sʰui⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /t͡sʰui³³/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰu̯i²⁴/, /t͡sʰui⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰui³³/, /t͡sʰui⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰui⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰui⁴⁴/, /t͡sʰui³³/, /t͡sʰø⁵³/ Chinese transliterations: cuī [Mandarin, Pinyin], cui¹ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄘㄨㄟ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ceoi¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], chhûi [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], chhui [Hokkien, POJ], cui¹ [Peng'im, Teochew], ¹tshoe, cuī [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], cuei [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tsʻui¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], tswēi [Mandarin, Yale], tsuei [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], цуй [Mandarin, Palladius], cuj [Mandarin, Palladius], chēui [Cantonese, Yale], tsoey¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], cêu¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], chhûi [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], cui´ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], cui¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], tshui [Hokkien, Tai-lo], zhuy [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], tshui [POJ, Teochew], ¹tshoe [Wu], tshoe^平 [Wu], /t͡sʰø⁵³/ [Wu], tshwoj [Middle-Chinese], /*s-tʰˤuj/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*sʰluːl/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰluːl) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 崔 (OC *zluːl, *sʰluːl). Etymology templates: {{m|zh|形聲|tr=-}} 形聲/形声, {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *sʰluːl}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰluːl), {{m|zh|人//|亻|person|tr=-}} 亻 (“person”), {{m|zh|崔//|||tr=<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help" title="Old Chinese">OC *zluːl, *sʰluːl</span>}} 崔 (OC *zluːl, *sʰluːl), {{Han compound|人|崔|alt1=亻|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|t1=person}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰluːl) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 崔 (OC *zluːl, *sʰluːl) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 催
  1. to urge; to push someone to do something
    Sense id: en-催-zh-character-ndTTpczL
  2. to speed up; to accelerate
    Sense id: en-催-zh-character-qeUBykbr Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Elementary Mandarin Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Elementary Mandarin: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: [formal, Standard-Chinese], [Cantonese, Guangzhou], [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], , [Wu, Shanghai]
Derived forms: 三催四請 (sāncuīsìqǐng), 三催四请 (sāncuīsìqǐng), 催併, 催并, 催促 (cuīcù), 催化 (cuīhuà), 催化劑 (cuīhuàjì), 催化剂 (cuīhuàjì), 催吐劑 (cuītùjì), 催吐剂 (cuītùjì), 催告, 催告書, 催告书, 催命 (cuīmìng), 催命符 (cuīmìng fú), 催命鬼, 催奶 (cuīnǎi), 催批, 催明鳥, 催明鸟, 催淚彈 (cuīlèidàn), 催泪弹 (cuīlèidàn), 催淚瓦斯 (cuīlèi wǎsī), 催泪瓦斯 (cuīlèi wǎsī), 催熟 (cuīshú), 催生 (cuīshēng), 催產 (cuīchǎn), 催产 (cuīchǎn), 催眠 (cuīmián), 催眠劑 (cuīmiánjì), 催眠剂 (cuīmiánjì), 催眠曲 (cuīmiánqǔ), 催眠術 (cuīmiánshù), 催眠术 (cuīmiánshù), 催督 (cuīdū), 催科 (cuīkē), 催租, 催芽, 催花雨, 催討 (cuītǎo), 催讨 (cuītǎo), 催請, 催请, 催趲, 催趱, 催辦 (cuībàn), 催办 (cuībàn), 催迫, 催逼 (cuībī), 催青, 催魂, 公示催告, 督催, 碎催, 羯鼓催花, 臘鼓頻催, 腊鼓频催, 頻催, 频催, 風催電, 风催电

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sāncuīsìqǐng",
      "word": "三催四請"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sāncuīsìqǐng",
      "word": "三催四请"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "催併"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "催并"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīcù",
      "word": "催促"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīhuà",
      "word": "催化"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīhuàjì",
      "word": "催化劑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīhuàjì",
      "word": "催化剂"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuītùjì",
      "word": "催吐劑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuītùjì",
      "word": "催吐剂"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "催告"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "催告書"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "催告书"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīmìng",
      "word": "催命"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīmìng fú",
      "word": "催命符"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "催命鬼"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīnǎi",
      "word": "催奶"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "催批"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "催明鳥"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "催明鸟"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīlèidàn",
      "word": "催淚彈"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīlèidàn",
      "word": "催泪弹"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīlèi wǎsī",
      "word": "催淚瓦斯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīlèi wǎsī",
      "word": "催泪瓦斯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīshú",
      "word": "催熟"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīshēng",
      "word": "催生"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīchǎn",
      "word": "催產"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīchǎn",
      "word": "催产"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīmián",
      "word": "催眠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīmiánjì",
      "word": "催眠劑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīmiánjì",
      "word": "催眠剂"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīmiánqǔ",
      "word": "催眠曲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīmiánshù",
      "word": "催眠術"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīmiánshù",
      "word": "催眠术"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīdū",
      "word": "催督"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuīkē",
      "word": "催科"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "催租"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "催芽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "催花雨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuītǎo",
      "word": "催討"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuītǎo",
      "word": "催讨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "催請"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "催请"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "催趲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "催趱"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuībàn",
      "word": "催辦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuībàn",
      "word": "催办"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "催迫"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cuībī",
      "word": "催逼"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "催青"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "催魂"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "公示催告"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "督催"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "碎催"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "羯鼓催花"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "臘鼓頻催"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "腊鼓频催"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "頻催"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "频催"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "風催電"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "风催电"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "形聲",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "形聲/形声",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *sʰluːl"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰluːl)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "人//",
        "3": "亻",
        "4": "person",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "亻 (“person”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "崔//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "tr": "<span style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help\" title=\"Old Chinese\">OC *zluːl, *sʰluːl</span>"
      },
      "expansion": "崔 (OC *zluːl, *sʰluːl)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "人",
        "2": "崔",
        "alt1": "亻",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc",
        "t1": "person"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰluːl) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 崔 (OC *zluːl, *sʰluːl)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰluːl) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 崔 (OC *zluːl, *sʰluːl).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "催",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Why do I always have to urge you?",
          "ref": "點解我成日要催你㗎? [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "点解我成日要催你㗎? [Cantonese, simp.]\ndim² gaai² ngo⁵ seng⁴ jat⁶ jiu³ ceoi¹ nei⁵ gaa³? [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Mum was on the phone again, trying to get me to come home.",
          "ref": "又係阿媽打電話嚟催我返屋企。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "又系阿妈打电话嚟催我返屋企。 [Cantonese, simp.]\njau⁶ hai⁶ aa³ maa¹ daa² din⁶ waa⁶⁻² lai⁴ ceoi¹ ngo⁵ faan¹ uk¹ kei². [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to urge; to push someone to do something"
      ],
      "id": "en-催-zh-character-ndTTpczL",
      "links": [
        [
          "urge",
          "urge"
        ],
        [
          "push",
          "push"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Elementary Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to speed up; to accelerate"
      ],
      "id": "en-催-zh-character-qeUBykbr",
      "links": [
        [
          "speed up",
          "speed up"
        ],
        [
          "accelerate",
          "accelerate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cui¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ceoi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhûi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cui¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹tshoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsʻui¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tswēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsuei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цуй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chēui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsoey¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cêu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhûi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cui´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cui¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰu̯i²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhuy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshui"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹tshoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshoe^平"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/t͡sʰø⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshwoj"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*s-tʰˤuj/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*sʰluːl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰu̯i²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰø⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*s-tʰˤuj/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*sʰluːl/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "催"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "催"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "催"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "勸"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "催"
    }
  ],
  "word": "催"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Elementary Mandarin",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "sāncuīsìqǐng",
      "word": "三催四請"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sāncuīsìqǐng",
      "word": "三催四请"
    },
    {
      "word": "催併"
    },
    {
      "word": "催并"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīcù",
      "word": "催促"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīhuà",
      "word": "催化"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīhuàjì",
      "word": "催化劑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīhuàjì",
      "word": "催化剂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuītùjì",
      "word": "催吐劑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuītùjì",
      "word": "催吐剂"
    },
    {
      "word": "催告"
    },
    {
      "word": "催告書"
    },
    {
      "word": "催告书"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīmìng",
      "word": "催命"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīmìng fú",
      "word": "催命符"
    },
    {
      "word": "催命鬼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīnǎi",
      "word": "催奶"
    },
    {
      "word": "催批"
    },
    {
      "word": "催明鳥"
    },
    {
      "word": "催明鸟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīlèidàn",
      "word": "催淚彈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīlèidàn",
      "word": "催泪弹"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīlèi wǎsī",
      "word": "催淚瓦斯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīlèi wǎsī",
      "word": "催泪瓦斯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīshú",
      "word": "催熟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīshēng",
      "word": "催生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīchǎn",
      "word": "催產"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīchǎn",
      "word": "催产"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīmián",
      "word": "催眠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīmiánjì",
      "word": "催眠劑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīmiánjì",
      "word": "催眠剂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīmiánqǔ",
      "word": "催眠曲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīmiánshù",
      "word": "催眠術"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīmiánshù",
      "word": "催眠术"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīdū",
      "word": "催督"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuīkē",
      "word": "催科"
    },
    {
      "word": "催租"
    },
    {
      "word": "催芽"
    },
    {
      "word": "催花雨"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuītǎo",
      "word": "催討"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuītǎo",
      "word": "催讨"
    },
    {
      "word": "催請"
    },
    {
      "word": "催请"
    },
    {
      "word": "催趲"
    },
    {
      "word": "催趱"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuībàn",
      "word": "催辦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuībàn",
      "word": "催办"
    },
    {
      "word": "催迫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuībī",
      "word": "催逼"
    },
    {
      "word": "催青"
    },
    {
      "word": "催魂"
    },
    {
      "word": "公示催告"
    },
    {
      "word": "督催"
    },
    {
      "word": "碎催"
    },
    {
      "word": "羯鼓催花"
    },
    {
      "word": "臘鼓頻催"
    },
    {
      "word": "腊鼓频催"
    },
    {
      "word": "頻催"
    },
    {
      "word": "频催"
    },
    {
      "word": "風催電"
    },
    {
      "word": "风催电"
    }
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        "2": "形聲",
        "tr": "-"
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      "name": "m"
    },
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        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
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        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *sʰluːl"
      },
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      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "人//",
        "3": "亻",
        "4": "person",
        "tr": "-"
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      "expansion": "亻 (“person”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "崔//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "tr": "<span style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help\" title=\"Old Chinese\">OC *zluːl, *sʰluːl</span>"
      },
      "expansion": "崔 (OC *zluːl, *sʰluːl)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "人",
        "2": "崔",
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        "t1": "person"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sʰluːl) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 崔 (OC *zluːl, *sʰluːl).",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "hanzi"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
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      "categories": [
        "Cantonese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Why do I always have to urge you?",
          "ref": "點解我成日要催你㗎? [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "点解我成日要催你㗎? [Cantonese, simp.]\ndim² gaai² ngo⁵ seng⁴ jat⁶ jiu³ ceoi¹ nei⁵ gaa³? [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Mum was on the phone again, trying to get me to come home.",
          "ref": "又係阿媽打電話嚟催我返屋企。 [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "又系阿妈打电话嚟催我返屋企。 [Cantonese, simp.]\njau⁶ hai⁶ aa³ maa¹ daa² din⁶ waa⁶⁻² lai⁴ ceoi¹ ngo⁵ faan¹ uk¹ kei². [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to urge; to push someone to do something"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "urge",
          "urge"
        ],
        [
          "push",
          "push"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to speed up; to accelerate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "speed up",
          "speed up"
        ],
        [
          "accelerate",
          "accelerate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cui¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄘㄨㄟ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ceoi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhûi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cui¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹tshoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsʻui¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tswēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsuei"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цуй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cuj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chēui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsoey¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cêu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chhûi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cui´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cui¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰu̯i²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshui"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhuy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui⁴⁴/",
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        "Kaohsiung"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshui"
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    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹tshoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshoe^平"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/t͡sʰø⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tshwoj"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*s-tʰˤuj/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*sʰluːl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰu̯i²⁴/"
    },
    {
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    },
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      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui³³/"
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      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui⁴⁴/"
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      "ipa": "/t͡sʰui³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰø⁵³/"
    },
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      "other": "/*s-tʰˤuj/"
    },
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      "other": "/*sʰluːl/"
    }
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        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "催"
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "催"
    },
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        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "催"
    },
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      "word": "勸"
    },
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        "Shanghai"
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      "word": "催"
    }
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