chōu
抽 (chōu) is a Chinese word meaning “to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; to inhale (esp. smoke)”.
Meanings
- 1to draw out; to pull out from in between
- 2to remove part of the whole
- 3to inhale (esp. smoke)
- 4(of fabric etc) to shrink
- 5(of certain plants) to sprout; to bud
- 6to whip; to thrash
- 7classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)
- Part of speech
- verb