促使

Chinese

		to hurry; to rush; to hasten to hurry; to rush; to hasten; near; to promote	to make; to cause; to enable to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; messenger
simp. and trad. (促使)		促	使

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cùshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨˋ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk¹ si² / cuk¹ sai²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiok-sír / chhiok-sú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cùshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˋ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cùshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻu⁴-shih³
    • Yale: tsù-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuhshyy
    • Palladius: цуши (cuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cuk¹ si² / cuk¹ sai²
    • Yale: chūk sí / chūk sái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk⁷ si² / tsuk⁷ sai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cug¹ xi² / cug¹ sei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ siː³⁵/, /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ sɐi̯³⁵/

Note:

• cuk1 si2 - literary;
• cuk1 sai2 - vernacular.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiok-sír
    • Tâi-lô: tshiok-sír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiok-sú
    • Tâi-lô: tshiok-sú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chioksuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ su⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁵ su⁵³/

Verb

促使

1. to induce; to promote; to urge; to impel; to bring about; to provoke; to drive (somebody to do something); to catalyze; to actuate; to contribute to (some development)

   真想不通，是什麼促使她這麼做的。 [MSC, trad.]
   真想不通，是什么促使她这么做的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhēn xiǎngbùtōng, shì shénme cùshǐ tā zhème zuò de. [Pinyin]

   Can't imagine what could have moved her to do such a thing.

Related terms

• 促成 (cùchéng)