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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[chōu]
  1. 1. verb [取出] take … out
    他从钱夹中出一张钞票。
    He took a note (英) {或} bill (美) out of his wallet.
  2. 2. verb [取出部分] take
    时间
    find time
  3. 3. verb [长出] sprout
    sprout
  4. 4. verb [吸] inhale
    smoke
    take blood
    pump water
  5. 5. verb [抽缩] shrink
    棉布洗后会
    Cotton shrinks after washing.
  6. 6. verb [打] whip
    鞭子
    whip

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary (1 result)

[chōu]
  1. 1. whiff
  2. 2. whip
  3. 3. pull
  4. 4. cast
  5. 5. pick
  6. 6. draw
  7. 7. drawing
  8. 8. cut

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary (2 results)

[chōu]
  1. 1. 动 [口] 从下往上用力使人或物起来
    我起不来,你週我一把。
    把石碑週起来。
[chōu]
  1. 1. 把夹在或缠在另一物中间的东西取出、拉出或拔出
  2. 2. 从总体中取出一部分
  3. 3. (某些植物体)开始长出
  4. 4.
    了一口气
  5. 5. 收;收缩
    这种棉布下水就
    筋儿
  6. 6. 用条状物打
    用鞭子
    陀螺
  7. 7. 用球拍猛击(球)
    把球过去

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新买的衣服儿了,这让她很心疼。
She was distressed when her newly purchased clothes shrunk.
爷爷总是笑着说,人就是越老越儿。
Grandpa always says with a smile, "The older one gets, the more atrophic one is."
每次考你都被中,真不幸。
It is unfortunate that you are picked every time there is a selective examination.
真空的包装都是用气机把空气出的。
Vacuum packaging is produced by pumping all the air out of the package.
这次辩论赛,我们到了“反方”。
By drawing lots, we become the opposing team in this debate contest.
每卖出一份保险,她都可以从中成。
For each insurance policy she has sold, she earns a percentage of the policies' total value.
如果不给成,大概没有人愿意做这件事情。
There is a possibility that no one will want to do this if we don't pay a commission.
啜着诉说自己的委屈。
He sobbed and complained about his grievance.
村里要修公路,每家都要丁去做工。
A highroad will be built in the village. Every family must contribute an able-bodied man to the project.
把那封信放到我斗里,小心别丢了。
You should put the letter away, be careful not to lose it.

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nciku Note

拔, 抽 and 拉

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These three verbs all mean "to pull something out or toward a certain direction".

1. 拔 means "to pull up something fixed or hidden, usually with force".
(1) 他从地里把萝卜出来。
(2) 他用钳子把钉子从墙里了出来。
(3) 他把陷入泥沼中的左脚了出来。
(4) 医生在为病人牙。

2. 抽 means "to pull out something from a pack".
(1) 他从笔筒中出一只笔递给我。
(2) 最后一名战士从腰里)出腰刀,向敌人扑了上去。
(3) 考试顺序将签决定。
(4) 不知道这一次谁能中一等奖。

3. 拉 means "to pull something or somebody towards or with oneself".
(1) 他把孩子从水中上来。
(2) 他开抽屉。
(3) 他把马走了。

Each of the three words also have different meanings, e.g. 毒, 烟, 车, 小提琴.

首先,这三个词都有向外或向某个方向取物的意思。
1.拔表示使物体从固定或隐蔽处取出,有时需要一定力度。
2.抽表示从固定处或较密集的同类物或排列物中取出。
3.拉表示用力使事物或人向自己方向(或随同自身)移动。
三个词还有许多不同的意思,如“拔毒”、“抽烟”、“拉车”、“拉小提琴”等,彼此无共同点。

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nciku Video Note

[chōu]

  • Scene:

    抽一支花 / picking a flower

  • Examples:

    抽签,抽调,抽查,抽出,抽薪止沸

  • Description:

    抽 means to pull out something from a pack, group, bunch, etc.

Related video notes: 抽、拔、拖、扯、拉

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