促使

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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

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

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)

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