催討

Chinese

		urge; press; expedite urge; press; expedite; prompt; hurry	ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand ask for; send punitive expedition; to demand; to marry
trad. (催討)		催	討
simp. (催讨)		催	讨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cuītǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟㄊㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹ tou²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhui-thó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuītǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟㄊㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cueitǎo
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻui¹-tʻao³
  - Yale: tswēi-tǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsueitao
  - Palladius: цуйтао (cujtao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceoi¹ tou²
  - Yale: chēui tóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹ tou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹ tou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ tʰou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui-thó
  - Tâi-lô: tshui-thó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhui'toir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² tʰo⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰui³³ tʰo⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻²² tʰo⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɤ⁴¹/

Verb

催討

to press for payment of a debt or return of something borrowed; to demand repayment of debt

Synonyms

(literary) 追索 (zhuīsuǒ)