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抽

chōu

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Verb

抽 (chōu) is a Chinese word meaning “to draw out; to pull out from in between”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to draw out; to pull out from in between
  2. to remove part of the whole
  3. to inhale (esp. smoke)
  4. (of fabric etc) to shrink
  5. (of certain plants) to sprout; to bud
  6. to whip; to thrash
  7. classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)

Stroke order

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Example

請從這些卡片裡抽一張。

Please draw a card from these.

Related words at this level

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).