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Meanings

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cù
  1. 1.(bound form) of short duration; hasty; rapid
  2. 2.(bound form) to hasten; to hurry; to urge
  3. 3.(literary) close by; pressed against

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.short; hurried; urgent (of time)
  2. 2.to come close to; to become near
  3. 3.to urge; to promote
  4. 4.to shorten the distance
  5. 5.to limply tie a knot
  6. 6.to knit (one's brows)
  7. 7.to approach; to close in on
  8. 8.to force; to compel
  9. 9.to shrink; to contract
  10. 10.urgent; critical

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sʰoɡ): semantic 亻 + phonetic 足 (OC *ʔsoɡs, *ʔsoɡ).

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Stroke order

Components

促亻足

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Synonyms

侷促促忙倉促仓促倉卒仓卒倉忙仓忙倉皇仓皇匆促匆匆匆忙匆猝急且急促急切急匆匆急急急迫慌促慌忙緊狂紧狂促進促进助長助长增進增进

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Derived terms

促使侷促促促侷促一隅侷促不安促坐促席促忙促忙促急促成促拍促掐促步促狹促狭促狹鬼促狭鬼促病促發促发促眉促織促织促聲促声促脈促脉促膝促膝談心促膝谈心

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Related words

促进 to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost促使 to prompt; to induce; to spur促销 to promote sales促成 to facilitate; to help bring about仓促 all of a sudden督促 to supervise and urge completion of a task催促 to urge敦促 to press短促 short in time匆促 hastily促请 to urge促声 entering tone (synonym of 入声[rù shēng])