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chōu
HSK 4freq #1603

Meanings

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chōu
  1. 1.to draw out; to pull out from in between
  2. 2.to remove part of the whole
  3. 3.to inhale (esp. smoke)
  4. 4.(of fabric etc) to shrink
  5. 5.(of certain plants) to sprout; to bud
  6. 6.to whip; to thrash
  7. 7.classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to draw out
  2. 2.to take out (object, person, time, etc.)
  3. 3.to draw lots
  4. 4.to put forth; to sprout out
  5. 5.to smoke; to take in
  6. 6.to shrink; to contract
  7. 7.to grow; to sprout
  8. 8.to whip; to flog; to cane
  9. 9.to fork with a check
  10. 10.to become abnormal
  11. 11.to lift up; to carry
  12. 12.Classifier for strung, bunched or clustered objects.

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *l̥ʰɯw): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 由 (OC *lɯw). The slang sense is short for 抽風/抽风 (chōufēng).

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