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Usage of the character 抠

kōu
[摳]
  • to dig; to pick; to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed)
  • to carve; to cut
  • to study meticulously
  • stingy; miserly
  • to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe)
kōutú
抠图
[摳圖]
  • (image processing) to extract a foreground object from its background; image matting
kōujiǎo
抠脚
[摳腳]
  • to scratch one's foot
  • (fig.) to be stingy
  • (slang) (of a celebrity) to twiddle one's thumbs (i.e. not release any new material etc)
lǎokōu
老抠
[老摳]
  • penny-pincher; miser
kōumén
抠门
[摳門]
  • (dialect) stingy
kōuzìyǎn
抠字眼
[摳字眼]
  • to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words
kōuménr
抠门儿
[摳門兒]
  • erhua variant of 摳門/抠门 (kōumén)
kōuzìyǎnr
抠字眼儿
[摳字眼兒]
  • erhua variant of 摳字眼/抠字眼 (kōuzìyǎn)