Meaning
to draw out; to smoke (cigarettes); to pump
Chinese: 抽出、抽烟、抽取、抽水。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “chou” becomes a different word in each tone. 抽 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 抽烟chōu yānto smoke (tobacco)
- 抽奖chōu jiǎngto draw a prize; a lottery; a raffle
- 抽屉chōu tidrawer
- 抽象chōu xiàngabstract; abstraction
- 抽空chōu kòngto find the time to do sth
Example Sentence
他从书架上抽出了一本书。Tā cóng shū jià shàng chōu chū le yì běn shū.He pulled a book out from the shelf.
他Tāhe从cóngfrom书架shū jiàbookshelf上shàngon抽出chōu chūto take out了le(completed action)一yìone本běn(bound form) root书shūbook。