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选
選
xuǎn
1. to choose
2. to pick
3. to select
4. to elect
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

选
xuǎn
to select, to elect, to choose; election
HSK 3 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

中选
zhòngxuǎn
to win an election
人选
rénxuǎn
choice of person
任选
rènxuǎn
to choose arbitrarily
候选
hòuxuǎn
candidate (attributive)
HSK 6
入选
rùxuǎn
to be chosen
初选
chūxuǎn
primary election (US)
胜选
shèngxuǎn
to win an election
可选
kěxuǎn
available
大选
dàxuǎn
general election
挑选
tiāoxuǎn
to choose
捐选
juānxuǎn
to select
推选
tuīxuǎn
to elect
拣选
jiǎnxuǎn
to select
改选
gǎixuǎn
reelection
文选
wénxuǎn
compilation
新选
xīnxuǎn
newly elected
普选
pǔxuǎn
election with general suffrage
民选
mínxuǎn
democratically elected
浮选
fúxuǎn
flotation process
海选
hǎixuǎn
direct, winner-takes-all system of election in use for village committees

Example Sentences (1)

上次我们参加骑马比赛的照片,我选了几张洗出来了。
Shàng cì wǒmen cānjiā qímǎ bǐsài de zhàopiàn, wǒ xuǎn le jǐ zhāng xǐ chūlái le.
I selected a few of the photos from the last horseback riding competition we took part in and had them printed.
Text 2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
498
Word Frequency Rank
801 of 84,292

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