Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 抽

to draw out
to pull out from in between
to remove part of the whole
(of certain plants) to sprout or bud
to whip or thrash

to pump water
(coll.) to shrink in the wash

light soy sauce

to throb with pain
throbbing pain
twang
pang
CL:陣／阵 (zhèn)

to ventilate
to induce a draft
spasm
convulsion

drawer

sample; sampling

random inspection
to do a spot check

cramp
charley horse
to pull a tendon

to spin silk

dark soy sauce

black soy sauce

to draw a prize
a lottery
a raffle

to twitch

to find the time to do sth

to take a percentage of the winnings (in gambling)
tap (in an electromagnetic coil)
drawer (of a desk etc)

liposuction

to slide in and out
thrusting

to test a random sample; to spot-check

to smoke (tobacco) (variant of 抽菸／抽烟 (chouyān))

to extract
to remove
to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc)

to sob spasmodically

to remove
to step back from involvement
to disengage

paper tissue (in a box)

to twitch
to throb
a spasm
to divert (money) to other uses

to sob

swordtip squid (Tw)

to get away from
to withdraw
to free oneself

to draw air out

to win (a prize in a lottery)

to transfer (personnel or material)

to tax
to levy a tax

to sob

to perform divination with sticks
to draw lots
a ballot (in share dealing)

abstract
abstraction
CL:種／种 (zhǒng)

(coll.) to look for trouble

to call in a loan

sampling
spot check
random test

to sob

to randomly select (as for a lottery)
to take a number (for queuing)

(coll.) to deserve a slap in the face

to take blood
to draw blood (e.g. for a test)

drawer

to pull back; to withdraw
(finance) (of a stock price etc) to retrace

to whip
to flog
to thrash

to smoke (tobacco)

to take out
to extract

water pump

abstract word

exhaust fan

chōushuǐbèng

water pump

chōushuǐzhàn

water pumping station

abstract field (math.)

(coll.) unexpectedly

flashcard

chōudòngzhèng

Tourette syndrome

to (try to) find the time to

to slap

chōushuǐmǎtǒng

flush toilet

chōuyóuyānjī

range hood
kitchen exhaust hood

duǎnzhōngchōucháng

to make the best of a bad job
to make the best use of limited resources (idiom)

fǔdǐchōuxīn

to take drastic measures to deal with a situation
to pull the carpet from under sb

chōusībōjiǎn

lit. to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom)
fig. to unravel a mystery; to painstakingly follow the clues to eventually get to the bottom of the matter

xìngyùnchōujiǎng

lucky draw
lottery

chōuxiàngsīwéi

abstract thought
logical thinking

chōuchouyēyē

to sob and sniffle

chōuxiàngdàishù

abstract algebra

císhànchōujiǎng

a raffle (for charity)

dàochōuyīkǒuqì

倒抽一口气

[倒抽一口氣]

to gasp (in surprise, dismay, fright etc)

bìngláirúshāndǎo,bìngqùrúchōusī

病来如山倒，病去如抽丝

[病來如山倒，病去如抽絲]

sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly