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
Min Nan (POJ): chhiok-sír / chhiok-sú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: cùshǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˋ ㄕˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuhshyy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cuk¹ si², cuk¹ sai²
  - Yale: chūk sí, chūk sái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk⁷ si², tsuk⁷ sai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cug¹ xi², cug¹ sei²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ siː³⁵/, /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ sɐi̯³⁵/

Note:

cuk1 si2 - literary;
cuk1 sai2 - vernacular.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiok-sír
  - Tâi-lô: tshiok-sír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiok-sú
  - Tâi-lô: tshiok-sú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chioksuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁵ su⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɔk̚³²⁻⁴ 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，是甚麽促使她這麼做的。 [MSC, trad.]
真想不通，是甚麽促使她这么做的。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhēn xiǎngbùtōng, shì shènme cùshǐ tā zhème zuò de. [Pinyin]
Can't imagine what could have moved her to do such a thing.

Synonyms

驅使／驱使 (qūshǐ)
推動／推动 (tuīdòng)

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