HSK 5 · Verbs

促进 cùjìn “to promote (an idea or cause)” in Chinese

Traditional 促進

What 促进 means

  1. to promote (an idea or cause)
  2. to advance
  3. boost

How to say 促进

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale促cù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale进jìn4th tone, falling

促进 in a sentence

  1. 它也会促进城市的经济发展。

    Tā yě huì cùjìn chéngshì de jīngjì fāzhǎn.

    It will also boost the city’s economic development.

    Sentence #765314 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 相互理解能促进和平。

    Xiānghù lǐjiě néng cùjìn hépíng.

    Mutual understanding promotes peace.

    Sentence #5576762 from Tatoeba

How 促进 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 促 (cù) with each of its parts in a different colour
促cùof short duration; hasty; rapid
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 足foot · zú
The character 进 (jìn) with each of its parts in a different colour
进jìnto go forward
  • 井well · jǐngSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 井 (jǐng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jìn.

How to write 促进

促 9 strokes · 进 7 strokes

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促进 (cùjìn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 促进 (cùjìn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 促进

Words with 促

促使cùshǐ · to induce督促dūcù · to supervise and urge仓促cāngcù · hurried短促duǎncù · brief

Words with 进

进jìn · to enter进来jìnlái · to come in进去jìnqù · to go in进行jìnxíng · to advance进入jìnrù · to enter改进gǎijìn · to improve进步jìnbù · progress进口jìnkǒu · to import进攻jìngōng · to attack上进shàngjìn · eager to improve

More words: Common Verbs

闯chuǎng · to rush创造chuàngzào · to create吹chuī · to blow刺激cìjī · to stimulate促使cùshǐ · to induce催cuī · to urge存在cúnzài · to exist达到dádào · to reach

FAQs

促进 (cùjìn) means “to promote (an idea or cause)” or “to advance”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it cùjìn: cù with a 4th tone, then jìn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 促进 is written 促進. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type cujin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 促进 from the suggestions. Typing cujin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
促进 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.