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抽 chōu extract

extract; to draw out

How to remember 抽: 扌 hand + 由 because = extract. The nurse takes the boy's hand, and because he is so brave, she can quickly extract the splinter.

  • 1,178. most frequent character
  • HSK 5
  • 8 strokes
  • Radical 手

Component breakdown

抽 = 扌 hand + 由 because

  • 扌 hand
  • 由 because
The Gushi story

The nurse takes the boy's hand, and because he is so brave, she can quickly extract the splinter.

How it is used

  • Verb "to draw/pull out": 抽烟 (chōuyān) is the standard verb for smoking a cigarette (literally "draw in smoke") - you can't use 喝 or 吃 here.
  • 抽时间 (chōu shíjiān) means to squeeze out time from a busy schedule, a very useful collocation.
  • 抽屉 (chōuti, drawer) and 抽奖 (chōujiǎng, prize draw/lottery) show the same "pull out" sense turned into fixed nouns.
  • 抽象 (chōuxiàng) means abstract, an unrelated extended sense worth memorizing separately.

Words with 抽

Example sentences

  • 她在抽烟。 Tā zài chōuyān.She's smoking.
  • 别养成抽烟的习惯 Bié yǎngchéng chōuyān de xíguàn.Don’t get into the habit of smoking.