Chinese word

促使

Pronunciation

Pinyincù shǐ

Meaning

  • verbprompt

Example

老师的话促使他努力学习。lǎo shī de huà cù shǐ tā nǔ lì xué xí

The teacher's words prompted him to study hard.

Illustration for 促使 (prompt)

More examples

新政策促使当地经济发展。xīn zhèng cè cù shǐ dāng dì jīng jì fā zhǎn

The new policy prompted local economic development.

Core concept

An outside force sets a person or process in motion and brings about a change.

Common phrases

  • 促使发展cù shǐ fā zhǎn

    prompt development

  • 促使提高cù shǐ tí gāo

    prompt improvement

  • 促使形成cù shǐ xíng chéng

    prompt formation

Similar words

让ràng: Cause someone to take a particular action, often through a direct request or instruction.
使shǐ: Make a person or thing perform an action or enter a state.
导致dǎo zhì: Cause a particular result to happen through a preceding event or condition.
影响yíng xiǎng: Affect a person or matter and bring about a change in its condition or development.

Definition in Chinese

通过外在的推动或影响使人或事发生动作或变化，常用于书面语，强调因果促成。tōng guò wài zài de tuī dòng huò yíng xiǎng shǐ rén huò shì fā shēng dòng zuò huò biàn huà cháng yòng yú shū miàn yǔ qiáng diào yīn guǒ cù chéng

Word origin

促 (cù, "urge") + 使 (shǐ, "make") combine to express an outside influence that makes an action or result happen.

Usage tips

  • For conversational learners, recognizing this verb in announcements, reports, and explanations is more useful than forcing it into every spoken sentence, because it has a formal cause-and-effect tone.

Other meanings

  • causeverb
  • driveverb

Opposites

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