Chinese symbol for “prompt”
促使
cù shǐ
to prompt; to induce; to spur
The closest CC-CEDICT match for prompt is 促使 (cù shǐ), defined as: to prompt; to induce; to spur.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “prompt”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 即 | jí | namely; that is |
| 提词 (提詞) | tí cí | to prompt (an actor or reciter) |
| 催 | cuī | to urge; to press |
| 驱使 (驅使) | qū shǐ | to urge; to prompt |
| 指使 | zhǐ shǐ | to incite; to prompt (sb to do sth) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 促使.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 促进 (促進) | cù jìn | to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost |
| 促成 | cù chéng | to facilitate; to help bring about |
| 促销 (促銷) | cù xiāo | to promote sales |
| 敦促 | dūn cù | to press; to urge |
| 督促 | dū cù | to supervise and urge completion of a task; to urge on |
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use; to employ |
| 即使 | jí shǐ | even if; even though |
| 使得 | shǐ de | usable; serviceable; feasible; workable; doable |
See also: Japanese symbol for “prompt”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.