抽

meaning for 抽 chōu:

• - to draw out
• - to pull out from in between
• - to remove part of the whole
• - (of certain plants) to sprout or bud
• - to whip or thrashabstract
• - abstraction
• - Classifiers: 种 random inspection
• - to do a spot checkto transfer (personnel or material)to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)to perform divination with sticks
• - to draw lots
• - a ballot (in share dealing)