催 Stroke Order — How to Write 催

Stroke Order

催 is written in 13 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 亻, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

催 Radical and Character Components

Components:亻崔

催 is a phono-semantic compound: 亻 (person) carries the meaning, while 崔 indicates the sound.

Radical: 亻 + 11 more strokes

催 Pronunciation and Pinyin

cuī

Meanings of 催 in Chinese

cuī催

To urge or hasten someone to do something; to press for action or completion.

老师催促学生们尽快提交作业。

The teacher urged the students to submit their homework as soon as possible.

To urge, hasten, or accelerate the production, development, or change of something; to stimulate or induce.

这项新技术有望催生出许多新兴产业。

This new technology is expected to give rise to many emerging industries.

Common Words and Phrases with 催

cuī催bī逼

To press or urge someone to do something, often forcefully or with a sense of urgency, such as demanding payment or rushing an action.

老板催逼员工在周末前完成报告。

The boss is pressing the employees to finish the report before the weekend.

cuī催chǎn产

to induce labor; to expedite childbirth

医生建议对她进行催产，因为胎儿已经过期了。

The doctor suggested inducing labor for her because the baby was overdue.

cuī催cù促

To urge someone to do something quickly or to hasten a process.

妈妈催促我快点完成作业。

Mom urged me to finish my homework quickly.

cuī催féi肥

to fatten (livestock or poultry) quickly, usually by intensive feeding before slaughter

为了在春节前达到理想的体重，农民开始给猪催肥

To reach the ideal weight before the Spring Festival, farmers began to rapidly fatten their pigs.

cuī催huà化

to catalyze; the process of accelerating or changing the rate of a chemical reaction by adding a catalyst.

酶在生物体内起着重要的催化作用，加速了新陈代谢过程

Enzymes play an important catalytic role in living organisms, accelerating metabolic processes.

cuī催mián眠

To hypnotize; to induce a trance-like state, often using suggestion.

那位心理治疗师通过轻柔的音乐和舒缓的语调帮助患者催眠，以缓解焦虑。

The therapist used soft music and a soothing tone to hypnotize the patient, helping to alleviate their anxiety.

cuī催mián眠shù术

Hypnotism, the practice of inducing a trance-like state in a person, making them highly receptive to suggestion.

她对催眠术很感兴趣，正在学习如何帮助人们放松。

She is very interested in hypnosis and is learning how to help people relax.

cuī催mìng命

to relentlessly press someone to do something quickly or urgently

老板催命似的让我把报告赶出来。

My boss is hounding me to get the report done.

cuī催nǎi奶

To promote milk production in a new mother, often with medicine or food.

产妇在分娩后需要及时催奶，以确保宝宝能喝到足够的母乳。

Postpartum mothers need to stimulate milk production promptly to ensure their babies receive sufficient breast milk.

cuī催qīng青

To accelerate the hatching of silkworm eggs, typically by warming them, a process observed when the eggs turn a greenish color one or two days prior to hatching.

为了提高蚕茧产量，养蚕户会精心进行蚕卵催青，确保孵化率和幼蚕的健康

To increase silk cocoon production, sericulture farmers meticulously carry out the incubation acceleration of silkworm eggs, ensuring both the hatching rate and the health of the young silkworms.

cuī催qíng情

To induce estrus (heat) in female mammals, often through artificial means like medication.

为了提高繁殖率，养殖户有时会给种畜使用催情药物。

To improve breeding efficiency, farmers sometimes administer estrus-inducing drugs to their breeding animals.

cuī催rǔ乳

to stimulate milk secretion; to induce lactation

产后初期，很多新妈妈会寻求专业的催乳师帮助，以确保宝宝能得到充足的母乳

In the early postpartum period, many new mothers seek help from professional lactation consultants to ensure their babies receive sufficient breast milk.

cuī催shēng生

To expedite child delivery; to induce labor.