敦促

Chinese

		kindhearted; place name	to hurry; to rush; to hasten to hurry; to rush; to hasten; near; to promote
simp. and trad. (敦促)		敦	促

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dūncù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄣ ㄘㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): deon¹ cuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tun-chhiok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dūncù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄣ ㄘㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duncù
    • Wade–Giles: tun¹-tsʻu⁴
    • Yale: dwūn-tsù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duentsuh
    • Palladius: дуньцу (dunʹcu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ən⁵⁵ t͡sʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: deon¹ cuk¹
    • Yale: dēun chūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doen¹ tsuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dên¹ cug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵn⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tun-chhiok
    • Tâi-lô: tun-tshiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dunchiog
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tun⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tun³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚⁵/

Verb

敦促

1. to urge; to hasten; to press

Synonyms

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• 催促 (cuīcù)
• 督促 (dūcù)
• 責督／责督 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 鞭策 (biāncè) (figurative)