抽

Pinyin: chōu

to take out; to draw (lots); to smoke (a cigarette); to find (time)

Example sentence

你不该抽那么多烟。

Nǐ bù gāi chōu nàme duō yān.

You shouldn't smoke so much.

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What 抽 means

抽 (chōu) is a Chinese word meaning “to take out; to draw (lots); to smoke (a cigarette); to find (time)”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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