HSK 5 · Verbs

促使 cùshǐ “to induce” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 促使 means

  1. to induce
  2. to promote
  3. to prompt
  4. to spur

How to say 促使

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale使shǐ3rd tone, dipping

促使 in a sentence

  1. 饥饿促使他偷窃。

    Jī'è cùshǐ tā tōuqiè.

    Hunger drove him to steal.

    Sentence #510693 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 促使 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 使 (shǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
使shǐto make
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 吏government official · lì

How to write 促使

促 9 strokes · 使 8 strokes

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

Words related to 促使

Words with 促

促进cùjìn · to promote (an idea or cause)督促dūcù · to supervise and urge仓促cāngcù · hurried短促duǎncù · brief

Words with 使

使shǐ · to make使用shǐyòng · to use即使jíshǐ · even if大使馆dàshǐguǎn · embassy使劲儿shǐjìnr · to exert all one’s strength使命shǐmìng · mission致使zhìshǐ · to cause

More words: Common Verbs

创造chuàngzào · to create吹chuī · to blow刺激cìjī · to stimulate促进cùjìn · to promote (an idea or cause)催cuī · to urge存在cúnzài · to exist达到dádào · to reach代表dàibiǎo · representative

FAQs

促使 (cùshǐ) means “to induce” or “to promote”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it cùshǐ: cù with a 4th tone, then shǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 促使 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type cushi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 促使 from the suggestions. Typing cushi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
促使 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.