抽 chōu

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

抽 chōu

Contains the radical

扌 shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰扌由

Semantic compound

扌 shǒu

Phonetic compound

由 yóu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 shǒu represents the meaning and 由 yóu represents the sound.

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弗烈特 tè 憋 biē 了 le 一肚子 yī dù zi 闷气,一直 yīzhí 在 zài 抽雪前烟 yān .

Freddie had been puffing on his cigar angrily.

她 tā 拚命 pàn mìng 憋 biē 住 zhù 了 le 抽泣 chōu qì .

She choked back a little sob.

路加 Lù jiā 谢绝 xièjué 了 le 递 dì 过来 guò lái 的 de 酒 jiǔ ,自己 zìjǐ 点 diǎn 着 zhāo 一 yī 支 Zhī 香烟 xiāng yān 抽 chōu 了 le 起来 qǐlai .

Luca refused the drink offered to him and lit a cigarette.

许多 xǔduō 有 yǒu 尼古丁 ní gǔ dīng 瘾 yǐn 的 de 抽 chōu 烟 yān 人 rén 不 bù 容易 róngyì 把 bǎ 烟 yān 戒 jiè 掉 diào .

Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.

她 tā 把 bǎ 抽屉 chōuti 推 tuī 上 shǎng 了 le .

She pushed the drawer closed.

Explore 24 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 抽 chōu in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
抽 chōu	to draw out	抽 chōu
抽烟 chōuyān	to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)	抽煙
抽屉 chōuti	drawer	抽屜
抽奖 chōu jiǎng	a lottery	抽獎
抽出 chōu chū	to take out	抽出 chōu chū
抽查 chōu chá	random inspection	抽查 chōu chá
抽象 chōuxiàng	abstract	抽象 chōuxiàng
抽筋 chōu jīn	cramp	抽筋 chōu jīn
抽签 chōu qiān	to draw lots	抽籤
抽取 chōu qǔ	to extract	抽取 chōu qǔ
抽搐 chōu chù	to twitch	抽搐 chōu chù
抽空 chōu kòng	to find the time to do sth	抽空 chōu kòng
抽调 chōu diào	to transfer (personnel or material)	抽調
抽样 chōu yàng	sample	抽樣
抽身 chōu shēn	to withdraw	抽身 chōu shēn
抽检 chōu jiǎn	sampling	抽檢
抽血 chōu xuè	to take blood	抽血 chōu xuè
抽风 chōu fēng	to ventilate	抽風
抽打 chōu dǎ	to whip	抽打 chōu dǎ
抽动 chōu dòng	to twitch	抽動
抽泣 chōu qì	to sob spasmodically	抽泣 chōu qì
抽水机 chōu shuǐ jī	water pump	抽水機
抽水马桶 chōu shuǐ mǎ tǒng	flush toilet	抽水馬桶
抽丝 chōu sī	to spin silk	抽絲