摳 ōu kōu

raise, lift up; tight-fisted

DEFINITIONS

摳 kōu
  • to dig out
  • to pick out (with one's fingers)
  • to carve
  • to cut
  • to study meticulously
  • to lift one's clothes
  • stingy
  • miserly

WORDS

摳圖 kōu tú to clip (an image); image clipping
摳字眼 kōu zì yǎn to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words
摳字眼兒 kōu zì yǎn r erhua variant of 摳字眼|抠字眼[kou1 zi4 yan3]
摳腳 kōu jiǎo to scratch one's foot; (fig.) to be stingy; (slang) (of a celebrity) to twiddle one's thumbs (i.e. not release any new material etc)
摳門兒 kōu mén r (dialect) stingy
老摳 lǎo kōu penny-pincher; miser
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