抽

chōu

verb HSK 4 #1,379

Meanings

Contains the hand radical 扌, as pulling and drawing out are hand actions.

Tā cóng kǒudài lǐ chōu chū yī zhāng zhǐ.

He pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket.

Nǐ néng chōu chū shíjiān lái ma?

Can you find some time?

Qǐng bú yào zài zhèlǐ chōu yān.

Please don't smoke here.

usage

抽出时间 (chōu chū shíjiān) means to find/spare time — as if pulling time out from a busy schedule.

usage

抽 appears in many compounds: 抽屉 (chōuti, drawer), 抽象 (chōuxiàng, abstract), 抽奖 (chōujiǎng, lottery draw).

抽 chōu