HSK 6 · Verbs

督促 dūcù “to supervise and urge” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 督促 means

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

How to say 督促

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale督dū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale促cù4th tone, falling

督促 in a sentence

  1. 妈妈每天督促我做作业。

    Māma měitiān dūcù wǒ zuò zuòyè.

    Mum makes sure I do my homework every day.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 老师督促学生按时交作业。

    Lǎoshī dūcù xuésheng ànshí jiāo zuòyè.

    The teacher urges students to hand in their homework on time.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 督促 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 督 (dū) with each of its parts in a different colour
督dūto supervise
  • 叔uncle · shūSound part
  • 目eye · mùMeaning part

目 hints at the meaning (eye); 叔 (shū) hints at the sound. Compare it with dū.

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

How to write 督促

督 13 strokes · 促 9 strokes

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

Words related to 督促

Words with 督

监督jiāndū · to supervise

Words with 促

促进cùjìn · to promote (an idea or cause)促使cùshǐ · to induce仓促cāngcù · hurried短促duǎncù · brief

More words: Thinking & Talking

磋商cuōshāng · to consult答复dáfù · to reply叮嘱dīngzhǔ · to urge repeatedly断定duàndìng · to conclude对照duìzhào · to compare发呆fādāi · to stare blankly发觉fājué · to discover反驳fǎnbó · to refute

FAQs

督促 (dūcù) means “to supervise and urge” or “to push”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dūcù: dū with a 1st tone, then cù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 督促 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ducu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 督促 from the suggestions. Typing ducu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
督促 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.