English

1. raise, lift up
2. to dig; to pick; to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed)
3. to pull up tube-shaped clothing to the correct height
4. tight-fisted
5. to carve; to cut
6. to study meticulously
7. stingy; miserly
8. to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe)
9. to scratch (on the skin)unreviewed?
10. to pick with the tip of one's fingers ----unreviewed?
11. to find; to look for; to seekunreviewed?
12. to pick upunreviewed?
13. to take away something in what people have got alreadyunreviewed?

粵語

1. 將管狀嘅衣物拉返去啱嘅高度
2. 用鋒利或者凹凸不平嘅物件搲、抓皮膚表面，通常係為咗紓緩痕癢unreviewed?
3. 用手指掘unreviewed?
4. 揾unreviewed?
5. 拎起unreviewed?
6. 喺人哋已有嘅嘢入面刮走並作為自己嘅嘢unreviewed?

As a component in

• 𮒁

Variants

• 抠simplified

Words containing 摳

• 對摳deoi3 kau1

  half and half mix together

• 摳門kau1 mun4

  (coll.) stingy

• 兩摳loeng5 kau1

  two kinds of things combine and mixed together

• 摳褲jau1 fu3

  to pull up one's pants

• 老摳lou5 kau1

  penny-pincher; miser

• 摳圖kau1 tou4

  (image processing) to extract a foreground object from its background; image matting

• 摳腳kau1 goek3

  to scratch one's foot

• 摳亂kau1 lyun6
• 摳搜kau1 sau1

  (coll.) stingy; miserly

• 水摳油seoi2 kau1 jau4

  (slang) bad relation; people cannot get along with others like water poured in oil

• 摳字眼kau1 zi6 ngaan5

  to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words

• 摳門兒kau1 mun4 ji4

  erhua form of 摳門|抠门[kou1 men2]

• 摳字眼兒kau1 zi6 ngaan5 ji4

  erhua variant of 摳字眼|抠字眼[kou1 zi4 yan3]

• 摳摳埋埋kau1 kau1 maai4 maai4
• 摳摳埋埋kau1 kau1 maai4 maai4
• 摳摳搜搜kau1 kau1 sau1 sau1

  see 摳搜|抠搜[kou1 sou5]

• 摳摳搜搜kau1 kau1 sau1 sau1

  see 摳搜|抠搜[kou1 sou5]