Chinese Word: 抠 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

抠 (Trad.: 摳)

Pinyin: kōu

English Definition: to dig out; to pick out (with one's fingers); to carve; to cut; to study meticulously; to lift one's clothes; stingy; miserly

Chinese Definition:
①用手指或细小的东西挖。
②向狭窄的方面探求、探究：抠字眼儿。死抠书本。
③雕刻(花纹)：抠镜框的花边。
④吝啬：抠门儿。

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 手

Pictophonetic:区 indicates the sound; 扌 (hand) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 扌 [ shǒu ] hand
- 区 [ qū ] area, district, region, ward; surname

Similar Characters: 讴枢

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抠字眼	kōu zì yǎn	to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words
抠门儿	kōu mén r	(dialect) stingy
老抠	lǎo kōu	penny-pincher; miser
抠字眼儿	kōu zì yǎn r	erhua variant of 抠字眼
死抠书本	sǐ kōu shū běn	to separate rigidly by the book

1		zhè 这 rén 人 zhēn 真 kōu 抠！ How stingy he is!
2		zhè 这 běn shū 本书 yòng bù zháo 用不着 yī zì yī jù 一字一句 de 地 kōu 抠。 You needn't puzzle over every single word or phrase in the book.
3		jīn róng 金融 jiù shì 就是 qiāng 枪， zhèng zhì 政治 jiù shì 就是 zhī dào 知道 shén me 什么 kōu 抠 dòng 动 bān jī 扳机。 Finance is gun; politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.
4		dàn shì 但是 néng 能 kōu 抠 chū 出 shí jiān 时间 lái 来 duàn liàn 锻炼 nà 那 zhēn shi 真是 lì 利 dà yú 大于 bì 弊。 But the benefits far outweigh the sacrifices it takes to carve out that time.
5		nǐ 你 yǒng yuǎn 永远 yě 也 mō bù qīng 摸不清 tā men 他们 àn zhào 按照 jiǎn chá 检查 zhì dù 制度 suǒ 所 kōu 抠 de 的 dōng xi 东西 shì 是 shén me 什么。 You never know what they're looking for in terms of censorship.

1		zhè 这 rén 人 zhēn 真 kōu 抠！ How stingy he is!
2		zhè 这 běn shū 本书 yòng bù zháo 用不着 yī zì yī jù 一字一句 de 地 kōu 抠。 You needn't puzzle over every single word or phrase in the book.
3		jīn róng 金融 jiù shì 就是 qiāng 枪， zhèng zhì 政治 jiù shì 就是 zhī dào 知道 shén me 什么 kōu 抠 dòng 动 bān jī 扳机。 Finance is gun; politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.
4		dàn shì 但是 néng 能 kōu 抠 chū 出 shí jiān 时间 lái 来 duàn liàn 锻炼 nà 那 zhēn shi 真是 lì 利 dà yú 大于 bì 弊。 But the benefits far outweigh the sacrifices it takes to carve out that time.
5		nǐ 你 yǒng yuǎn 永远 yě 也 mō bù qīng 摸不清 tā men 他们 àn zhào 按照 jiǎn chá 检查 zhì dù 制度 suǒ 所 kōu 抠 de 的 dōng xi 东西 shì 是 shén me 什么。 You never know what they're looking for in terms of censorship.