抠 (摳) kōu
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kōu
verb
to raise; to lift up
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '摳'; Guoyu '摳' v 1; Kroll 2015 '摳' 1, p. 242; Unihan '摳') -
kōu
adjective
stingy; tight-fisted
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Beijing dialect (CC-CEDICT '摳'; Guoyu '摳'; Unihan '摳') -
kōu
verb
to cast away
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '摳' 2, p. 242) -
kōu
verb
to arrest
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '摳' v 3) -
kōu
verb
to pick out; to dig out
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '摳'; Guoyu '摳' v 4) -
kōu
verb
to probe
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '摳' v 2) -
kōu
verb
to investigate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Beijing dialect (Guoyu '摳' v 5)
Contained in
- 老抠(老摳) penny-pincher; miser
- 抠图(摳圖) to clip (an image); image clipping
- 抠字眼儿(摳字眼兒) to be fastidious about phrasing
- 抠字眼(摳字眼) to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words
- 抠脚(摳腳) to scratch one's foot; to be stingy
- 抠门儿(摳門兒) stingy
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 《手部》 Shǒu Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 3
- 卷第二 黃帝篇 Chapter 2: The Yellow Emperor Liezi 列子 — count: 3
- 第二十回 Chapter 20 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 2
- 《鄉黨第十》 Commentary on Xiang Dang X Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 53 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 弟子職第五十九 Chapter 59: Duties of a Disciple Guanzi 管子 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 41 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 27 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 卷七十三上 表第十三上 宰相世系三上 Volume 73a Tables 17: Chancellors Genealogy 3a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 1
Collocations
- 抠衣 (摳衣) 摳衣趨隅 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 13
- 两手抠 (兩手摳) 兩手摳衣去齊尺 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 3
- 抠土 (摳土) 手里拿著根綰頭的簪子在地下摳土 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 30 — count: 2
- 抠住 (摳住) 兩手摳住 — Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義, 第四回 Chapter 4 — count: 2
- 燔抠 (燔摳) 燔抠瘞薶用牲一 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十五下 郊祀志 Volume 25b: Treatise on Sacrifices 2 — count: 2
- 在地下抠 (在地下摳) 手里拿著根綰頭的簪子在地下摳土 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 30 — count: 2