抽 chōu

1. chōu verb to draw out
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 引出 (Guoyu '抽' v 1; Kroll 2015 '抽' 1, p. 54; Unihan '抽'; XHZD '抽' 1, p. 94)
2. chōu verb to remove; to shrink
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 取出 (Guoyu '抽' v 2; Kroll 2015 '抽' 4, p. 54; XHZD '抽' 4, p. 94)
3. chōu verb to breath in; to inhale [smoke from a cigarette]
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 吸 (Guoyu '抽' v 6; XHZD '抽' 3, p. 94)
4. chōu verb to beat; to hit
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 打 (Guoyu '抽' v 8; XHZD '抽' 5, p. 94)
5. chōu verb to grow out; to sprout
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 萌发 (Guoyu '抽' v 5; Unihan '抽')
6. chōu verb to push forward
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '抽' 2, p. 54; XHZD '抽' 2, p. 94)
7. chōu verb to unwind
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '抽' 1a, p. 54)
8. chōu verb to advance
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '抽' 2a, p. 54)
9. chōu verb to talk
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '抽' 3, p. 54)

Contained in

• 抽象代数(抽象代數) abstract algebra
• 抽血 to take blood; to draw blood (e.g. for a test)
• 抽水站 water pumping station
• 抽菸 to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
• 抽屉(抽屜) drawer
• 抽象域 abstract field
• 抽象思维(抽象思維) abstract thought; logical thinking
• 抽风机(抽風機) exhaust fan
• 抽头(抽頭) to take a percentage of the winnings (in gambling); tap (in an electromagnetic coil); drawer (of a desk etc)
• 抽烟(抽煙) to smoke
• 抽时间(抽時間) to (try to) find the time to
• 抽查 random inspection; to do a spot check
• 抽冷子 unexpectedly
• 抽动症(抽動症) Tourette syndrome
• 抽出 to take out/to extract
• 抽咽 to sob
• 抽象 abstract
• 倒抽一口气(倒抽一口氣) to gasp (in surprise)
• 抽取 to extract
• 抽丝剥茧(抽絲剝繭) to spin silk from cocoons; to make a painstaking investigation
• 抽贷(抽貸) to call in a loan
• 抽身 to get away from; to withdraw; to free oneself
• 抽水泵 water pump
• 抽插 to slide in and out; thrusting
• 釜底抽薪 to take drastic measures to deal with a situation; to pull the carpet from under sb
• 抽嘴巴 to slap
• 抽筋 to cramp; to pull a tendon ; to pull out tendons when eating meat ; to torture
• 抽动(抽動) to twitch; to throb; a spasm; to extract and use
• 抽打 to whip; to flog; to thrash
• 找抽 to look for trouble
• 折抽 to tax in proportion
• 抽水马桶(抽水馬桶) flush toilet
• 短中抽长(短中抽長) to make the best of a bad job; to make the best use of limited resources
• 按畝抽捐 extract tax according to land area
• 剥皮抽筋(剝皮抽筋) to peel off the skin and remove the ligaments; to torture
• 慈善抽奖(慈善抽獎) a raffle (for charity)
• 双抽(雙抽) black soy sauce
• 抽样分布(抽樣分布) sample distribution
• 抽泣 to sob spasmodically
• 抽油烟机(抽油煙機) range hood; kitchen exhaust hood
• 抽样(抽樣) sample ; sampling
• 抽风(抽風) to ventilate; to induce a draught; spasm; convulsion
• 抽象名词(抽象名詞) an abstract noun
• 病来如山倒，病去如抽丝(病來如山倒，病去如抽絲) sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk; expect to convalesce slowly
• 抽搭 to sob; to cry
• 抽验(抽驗) to test a random sample; to spot-check
• 抽纸(抽紙) paper tissue (in a box)
• 幸运抽奖(幸運抽獎) lucky draw; lottery
• 抽抽噎噎 to sob and sniffle
• 抽水机(抽水機) water pump

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Collocations

• 抽剑 (抽劍) 大子抽劍斷鞅 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 11
• 抽戈 (抽戈) 狄卒皆抽戈楯冒之以入于衛師 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 9
• 抽刃 (抽刃) 投筆抽刃而絕 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十五 李王鄧來列傳 Volume 15: Biographies of Li, Wang, Deng, Lai — count: 7
• 抽割 (抽割) 抽割积聚 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十二下 方術列傳 Volume 82b: Biographies of Alchemists 2 — count: 5
• 抽矢 (抽矢) 抽矢菆 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
• 抽拔 (抽拔) 抽拔幽陋 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十七 黨錮列傳 Volume 67: Biographies of Partisan Prohibitions — count: 4
• 抽扃 (抽扃) 右人抽扃 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 公食大夫禮 第九 9. Rites of the gong feasting a great officer — count: 4
• 抽引 (抽引) 雖未能抽引玄妙之中才 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二十一　要略 Chapter 21: Summary — count: 3
• 封抽 (封抽) 渤海封抽 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一百〇八 載記第八 慕容廆 Volume 108 Records 8: Murong Hui — count: 3
• 抽刀 (抽刀) 因下抽刀而刎其腳 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說右下第三十五 Chapter 35: A Collection of Sayings VI — count: 3