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提取 (tí qǔ) — to withdraw (cash, funds from an account); to collect (belongings, luggage from a storage point); to extract (information, data, essence)

Definition

提取 covers three uses: take out money/baggage, or pull out data/essence from something. For withdrawing cash, 提出 focuses on raising an idea, and 浓缩 is the written term for distilling essence.

verb
to withdraw (cash, funds from an account)to collect (belongings, luggage from a storage point)to extract (information, data, essence)

Examples

  • 提取。
    Wǒ měi gè yuè cóng yín háng tí qǔ yí bù fen gōng zī.
    I withdraw part of my salary from the bank every month.
  • ，提取。
    Xià fēi jī hòu, qǐng xiān dào xíng li zhuàn pán tí qǔ xíng li.
    After getting off the plane, please go to the baggage carousel first to collect your luggage.
  • 提取DNA。
    Kē xué jiā cóng yàng běn zhōng tí qǔ le DNA shù jù.
    Scientists extracted DNA data from the sample.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

提títake out
取qǔtake

提 here means to take out, and 取 means to take; the word describes taking money or stored items out.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
是
是shì提tí
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

提 shows 扌 (hand) beside 是, which gives the pronunciation.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

取 pairs 又 (hand) with 耳 (ear), showing a hand taking an ear, as in taking the ear of fallen prey.

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Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 6Abstract Concepts

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