Definition
抽 (chōu) means 'to pull out from in between or from inside something', like pulling a book from a bag. 拔 (bá) is for pulling something out of a fixed position (e.g., a tooth, a weed). 抽 also means 'to whip' and 'to sprout' (plants sending out shoots).
verb
to draw outto pull out (from in between)to whipto thrash(of plants) to sproutto bud
Easily confused
- 油yóulook-alikeoil
- 臭chòusound-alikesmelly, stinky (literal)
- 丑chǒusound-alikeugly
- 筹chóusound-aliketo plan, to prepare
- 愁chóusound-aliketo worry about, to be anxious about
- 仇chóusound-alikehatred, animosity, enmity
- 瞅chǒusound-aliketo look at (dialectal), to glance
- 稠chóusound-alike(of liquid) thick, dense in consistency
Examples
- 。Tā cóng shūbāo lǐ chōu chū yì běn shū.He pulled a book out of his schoolbag.
- 抽。Bàba yòng gùnzi chōu le tā yí xià.Dad gave him a whack with a stick.
- ，。Chūntiān lái le, xiǎo cǎo chōu chū le xīn yá.Spring has come, and the grass is sprouting new shoots.
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