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Jyutping cau1 ceot1
Pinyin chōu chū

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to take out
  2. to extract
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to take out
  2. verb
    to select from a lot; to draw
  3. verb
    to take (the time to do something)
  4. verb
    to extract
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我能抽出几分钟时间。
    我能抽出幾分鐘時間。
    wǒ néng chōu chū jǐ fēn zhōng shí jiān 。
    • I have a few minutes to spare.
  2. Mandarin
    我很少能抽出时间看书。
    我很少能抽出時間看書。
    wǒ hěn shǎo néng chōu chū shí jiān kàn shū 。
    • I can seldom find time for reading.
  3. Mandarin
    谢谢您在百忙之中抽出时间回复我的信件。
    謝謝您在百忙之中抽出時間回覆我的信件。
    xiè xie nín zài bǎi máng zhī zhōng chōu chū shí jiān huí fù wǒ de xìn jiàn 。
    • Thank you for taking some time out of your busy schedule to reply to my letter.