催促

cuīcù

verb HSK 7-9 #19,334

Meanings

Both characters mean 'to urge' - doubled emphasis on pressing someone

HSK 3

她不断催促孩子做作业。

Tā búduàn cuīcù háizi zuò zuòyè.

She keeps urging her child to do homework.

HSK 4

在大家的催促下，他终于开始了演讲。

Zài dàjiā de cuīcù xià, tā zhōngyú kāishǐ le yǎnjiǎng.

Under everyone's urging, he finally began the speech.

usage

催促 is slightly more formal than 催 alone. Use 催 in casual speech (别催我) and 催促 in written or formal contexts.

催 cuī

促 cù