I don't smoke.
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抽
chōu
HSK 3.0 · 4
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chōu · cau1 (Jyutping)
- to draw out; to pull out from in between
- to remove part of the whole
- to inhale (esp. smoke)
- (of fabric etc) to shrink
- (of certain plants) to sprout; to bud
- to whip; to thrash
- classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)
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Character breakdown
抽
- Meaning
- draw out, pull out; sprout
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- ⿰扌由
- Cangjie
- QLW
- Four-corner
- 5506.0
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
Do you smoke?
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