抽
chōu
Pinyin

Definition

抽
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chōu
  1. to draw out
  2. to pull out from in between
  3. to remove part of the whole
  4. (of certain plants) to sprout or bud
  5. to whip or thrash

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

抽
chōu
  1. 1 to draw out
  2. 2 to pull out from in between
  3. 3 to remove part of the whole
  4. 4 (of certain plants) to sprout or bud
  5. 5 to whip or thrash
抽取
chōu qǔ
  1. 1 to extract
  2. 2 to remove
  3. 3 to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc)
抽屉
chōu ti
  1. 1 drawer
抽烟
chōu yān
  1. 1 to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
抽奖
chōu jiǎng
  1. 1 to draw a prize
  2. 2 a lottery
  3. 3 a raffle

Idioms (3)

抽丝剥茧
chōu sī bāo jiǎn
  1. 1 lit. to spin silk from cocoons
  2. 2 fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)
病来如山倒，病去如抽丝
bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī
  1. 1 sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
短中抽长
duǎn zhōng chōu cháng
  1. 1 to make the best of a bad job
  2. 2 to make the best use of limited resources (idiom)

Sample Sentences

在我们厂里，所有产品都会经过测试跟抽检。
zài wǒmen chǎng lǐ ，suǒyǒu chǎnpǐn dōu huì jīngguò cèshì gēn chōujiǎn 。
At our factory, all our products will be tested and spot checked.
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欢迎您抽空来我们公司参观，我可以为您介绍。
huānyíng nín chōukòng lái wǒmen gōngsī cānguān ，wǒ kěyǐ wèi nín jièshào 。
You are more than welcome to visit our office when you are available. I can show you more.
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我老爸说不可以抽烟。
wǒ lǎobà shuō bù kěyǐ chōuyān 。
My dad said I should not smoke.
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营养专家更表示，并不是单一摄取哪一种食物就会致癌，关键是均衡饮食，而对健康影响最巨的是抽烟以及过度的饮酒。
yíngyǎng zhuānjiā gèng biǎoshì ，bìngbùshì dānyī shèqǔ nǎ yī zhǒng shíwù jiù huì zhìái ，guānjiàn shì jūnhéng yǐnshí ，ér duì jiànkāng yǐngxiǎng zuì jù de shì chōuyān yǐjí guòdù de yǐn jiǔ 。
Nutritional experts have also stated that consuming one single kind of food does not result in cancer and that the key is keeping balance in your consumption of food and drink and that the biggest influence on your health is smoking and over indulgence in alcohol.
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诶，或者下次你也可以坐美联的航班，运气好的话航班超额售票，再多加一点儿运气的话，就可以被随机抽中被迫下飞机，你可以拼死抗拒，一定成功吸引目光。
ēi ，huòzhě xiàcì nǐ yě kěyǐ zuò Měilián de hángbān ，yùnqi hǎo dehuà hángbān chāoé shòu piào ，zài duō jiā yīdiǎnr yùnqi dehuà ，jiù kěyǐ bèi suíjī chōu zhōng bèi pò xià fēijī ，nǐ kěyǐ pīnsǐ kàngjù ，yīdìng chénggōng xīyǐn mùguāng 。
Ah, or the next time you can fly United Airlines, and if you’re lucky it will be overbooked, and with more luck, you’ll be randomly selected to be forcibly removed from the plane and you can resist like your life depends on it. That way you should definitely attract some eyeballs.
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经理，我认为满额抽奖活动会是个卖点。
jīnglǐ ，wǒ rènwéi mǎné chōujiǎng huódòng huì shì ge màidiǎn 。
I think a raffle with a minimum purchase will be a selling point.
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抽屉里有新的。
chōutì lǐ yǒu Xīn de 。
There’s a new one in the drawer.
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我不抽烟了。
wǒ bù chōuyān le 。
I don't smoke anymore.
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懂得”和“懂”的意思一样，不过“懂得”常常搭配比较抽象、复杂的概念。
dǒngde ”hé “dǒng ”de yìsi yīyàng ，bùguò “dǒngde ”chángcháng dāpèi bǐjiào chōuxiàng 、fùzá de gàiniàn 。
These terms mean the same thing, although dong de is usually paired with more abstract, complex ideas.
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别这么说人家，虽然长得抽象了点儿，可也是有响当当的名字的。
bié zhèmeshuō rénjia ，suīrán zhǎng de chōuxiàng le diǎnr ，kě yě shì yǒu xiǎngdāngdāng de míngzi de 。
Don't say that, even though someone might look a little unconventional, they still have a proper name.
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