督
促

To supervise and urge completion of a task in Chinese: 督促 (dū cù)

dū cù

to supervise and urge completion of a task

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to supervise and urge completion of a task
  2. 2to urge on

Stroke order

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督
促

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄨ

dū

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ u—/ first tone

ㄘㄨˋ

cù

ㄘ/ cㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 老师经常督促学生完成作业。

    lǎo shī jīng cháng dū cù xué shēng wán chéng zuò yè。

    The teacher often urges the students to finish their homework.

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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

监督

jiān dū

to control

促成

cù chéng

to facilitate

催促

cuī cù

to urge

敦促

dūn cù

to press

基督教

jī dū jiào

Christianity

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