Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
抽
chōu
Description
"抽"是一个动词，最常见的意思是从一堆东西里拿出一个，或者用力把东西拉出来。
"抽" is a verb, most commonly meaning to take one item from a group or to pull something out with force.
它也可以指抽烟或者抽出一点时间。
It can also mean to smoke or to take out a bit of time.
Meanings
抽chōu
to draw out; to pull out from a group
请你抽一张卡片。
Please draw a card.
抽chōu
to smoke (a cigarette)
他每天都抽烟。
He smokes every day.
抽chōu
to take out (time)
我抽时间去看你。
I make time to visit you.
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Notes
- Nuance
抽 implies pulling or drawing out, often quickly or by chance (as in a lottery).
- Etymology
hand radical 扌 signals an action done with the hand, like pulling.
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