催促

Chinese

		urge; press; expedite urge; press; expedite; prompt; hurry	to hurry; to rush; to hasten to hurry; to rush; to hasten; near; to promote
simp. and trad. (催促)		催	促

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cuīcù

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟㄘㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹ cuk¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhûi-chhuk
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhui-chhiok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuīcù
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟㄘㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cueicù
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻui¹-tsʻu⁴
  - Yale: tswēi-tsù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsueitsuh
  - Palladius: цуйцу (cujcu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceoi¹ cuk¹
  - Yale: chēui chūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹ tsuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹ cug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûi-chhuk
  - Hakka Romanization System: cui^ˊ cug^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cui¹ cug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu̯i²⁴ t͡sʰuk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui-chhiok
  - Tâi-lô: tshui-tshiok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuichiog
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰui³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

Verb

催促

to urge; to hasten; to press

Synonyms

敦促 (dūncù)
督促 (dūcù)
責督 / 责督 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
鞭策 (biāncè) (figurative)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
催	促
さい Grade: S	そく Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さいそく [sáꜜìsòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [sa̠iso̞kɯ̟]

Noun

催(さい)促(そく) • (saisoku)

demand; urging
- 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 20, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:
  二(に)年(ねん)目(め)の夏(なつ)に彼(かれ)は国(くに)から催(さい)促(そく)を受(う)けてようやく帰(かえ)りました。
  Ninen-me no natsu ni kare wa kuni kara saisoku o ukete yōyaku kaerimashita.
  In the summer of the second year he received an urgent demand from home and finally returned.

Verb

催(さい)促(そく)する • (saisoku suru) suru (stem 催(さい)促(そく)し (saisoku shi), past 催(さい)促(そく)した (saisoku shita))

to demand; to urge

Conjugation

Conjugation of "催促する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	催促し	さいそくし	saisoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	催促し	さいそくし	saisoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	催促する	さいそくする	saisoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	催促する	さいそくする	saisoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	催促すれ	さいそくすれ	saisoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	催促せよ¹ 催促しろ²	さいそくせよ¹ さいそくしろ²	saisoku seyo¹ saisoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	催促される	さいそくされる	saisoku sareru
Causative	催促させる催促さす	さいそくさせるさいそくさす	saisoku saseru saisoku sasu
Potential	催促できる	さいそくできる	saisoku dekiru
Volitional	催促しよう	さいそくしよう	saisoku shiyō
Negative	催促しない	さいそくしない	saisoku shinai
Negative continuative	催促せず	さいそくせず	saisoku sezu
Formal	催促します	さいそくします	saisoku shimasu
Perfective	催促した	さいそくした	saisoku shita
Conjunctive	催促して	さいそくして	saisoku shite
Hypothetical conditional	催促すれば	さいそくすれば	saisoku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“催促”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026