敦
促

To press in Chinese: 敦促 (dūn cù)

dūn cù

to press

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to press
  2. 2to urge
  3. 3to hasten

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敦
促

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ㄉㄨㄣ

dūn

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄣ/ en—/ first tone

ㄘㄨˋ

cù

ㄘ/ cㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 老师敦促学生按时完成作业。

    lǎo shī dūn cù xué shēng àn shí wán chéng zuò yè。

    The teacher urged the students to finish their homework on time.

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Related words

促进

cù jìn

to promote (an idea or cause)

促使

cù shǐ

to induce

促销

cù xiāo

to promote sales

促成

cù chéng

to facilitate

催促

cuī cù

to urge

督促

dū cù

to supervise and urge completion of a task

敦厚

dūn hòu

genuine

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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