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HSK 3
HSK 6
择
擇
zé
1.
to select
2.
to choose
3.
to pick over
4.
to pick out
5.
to differentiate
6.
to eliminate
7.
also pr. <zhái>
Very Common • Top 6%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
抉择
juézé
to choose (literary)
采择
cǎizé
to choose and use
选择
xuǎnzé
to select
择偶
zéǒu
to choose a spouse
天择
tiānzé
natural selection
择定
zédìng
select (a date)
择日
zérì
to fix a date (for an event)
择食
zéshí
to be picky (food)
张择端
ZhāngZéduān
Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter
选择题
xuǎnzétí
multiple-choice question
选择性
xuǎnzéxìng
selective
饥不择食
jībùzéshí
when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers
不择手段
bùzéshǒuduàn
by fair means or foul
别无选择
biéwúxuǎnzé
to have no other choice
反转选择
fǎnzhuǎnxuǎnzé
to invert the selection (on computer)
口不择言
kǒubùzéyán
to speak incoherently
口无择言
kǒuwúzéyán
to offer many needless alternatives (idiom)
拣饮择食
jiǎnyǐnzéshí
to choose one's food carefully
择善固执
zéshàngùzhí
to choose what is good and hold fast to it (idiom)
择善而从
zéshànércóng
to choose the right book and follow it (idiom)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 960
- Word Frequency Rank
- 4,708 of 84,292