| 抽动 | [ choū dòng ] to twitch, to throb, a spasm, to divert (money) to other uses |
| 抽动症 | [ choū dòng zhèng ] Tourette syndrome |
| 抽屉 | [ choū ti ] drawer |
| 抽时间 | [ choū shí jiān ] to (try to) find the time to |
| 抽样 | [ choū yàng ] sample, sampling |
| 抽检 | [ choū jiǎn ] sampling, spot check, random test |
| 抽气 | [ choū qì ] to draw air out |
| 抽水机 | [ choū shuǐ jī ] water pump |
| 抽水马桶 | [ choū shuǐ mǎ tǒng ] flush toilet |
| 抽油烟机 | [ choū yoú yān jī ] range hood, kitchen exhaust hood |
| 抽烟 | [ choū yān ] to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco) |
| 抽奖 | [ choū jiǎng ] to draw a prize, a lottery, a raffle |
| 抽税 | [ choū shuì ] to tax, to levy a tax |
| 抽签 | [ choū qiān ] to perform divination with sticks, to draw lots, a ballot (in share dealing) |
| 抽纸 | [ choū zhǐ ] paper tissue (in a box) |
| 抽丝 | [ choū sī ] to spin silk |
| 抽丝剥茧 | [ choū sī baō jiǎn ] lit. to spin silk from cocoons, fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom) |
| 抽号 | [ choū haò ] to randomly select (as for a lottery), to take a number (for queuing) |
| 抽认卡 | [ choū rèn kǎ ] flashcard |
| 抽调 | [ choū ] to transfer (personnel or material) |
| 抽象代数 | [ choū xiàng daì shù ] abstract algebra |
| 抽象思维 | [ choū xiàng sī weí ] abstract thought, logical thinking |
| 抽象词 | [ choū xiàng cí ] abstract word |
| 抽贷 | [ choū daì ] to call in a loan |
| 抽离 | [ choū lí ] to remove, to step back from involvement, to disengage |
| 抽头 | [ choū toú ] to take a percentage of the winnings (in gambling), tap (in an electromagnetic coil), drawer (of a desk etc) |
| 抽风 | [ choū fēng ] to ventilate, to induce a draft, spasm, convulsion |
| 抽风机 | [ choū fēng jī ] exhaust fan |
| 抽验 | [ choū yàn ] to test a random sample, to spot-check |
| ⇒ 倒抽一口气 | [ daò choū yī koǔ qì ] to gasp (in surprise, dismay, fright etc) |
| ⇒ 幸运抽奖 | [ xìng yùn choū jiǎng ] lucky draw, lottery |
| ⇒ 慈善抽奖 | [ cí shàn choū jiǎng ] a raffle (for charity) |
| ⇒ 病来如山倒，病去如抽丝 | [ bìng laí rú shān daǒ bìng qù rú choū sī ] sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly |
| ⇒ 短中抽长 | [ duǎn zhōng choū cháng ] to make the best of a bad job, to make the best use of limited resources (idiom) |
| ⇒ 双抽 | [ shuāng choū ] black soy sauce |
