选择
xuǎn zé 3–2
to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative
- Characters
- 2
- 选 · 择
- Syllables
- 2
- xuǎn zé
- Frequency
- Very common
- corpus count 373
Part of speech: v,vn
Character by character
- 选xuǎn10 strokesHSK 2 traditional 選choose, select; elect; election
- 择zé8 strokesHSK 3 traditional 擇select, choose, pick out
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Example sentences
我没什么选择。
Wǒ méi shén me xuǎn zé
I don't really have much choice.
这是你的选择。
Zhè shì nǐ de xuǎn zé
It's your decision.
我有什么别的选择？
Wǒ yǒu shén me bié de xuǎn zé
What other choice do I have?
我们没有别的选择。
Wǒ men méi yǒu bié de xuǎn zé
We don't have another choice.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 选择. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 选xuǎnHSK 2
to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
- 选手xuǎn shǒuHSK 3
athlete; contestant
- 选举xuǎn jǔHSK 6
to elect; election
- 挑选tiāo xuǎnHSK 4
to choose; to select
- 候选人hòu xuǎn rénHSK 7
candidate
- 竞选jìng xuǎnHSK 7
to take part in an election; to run for office
- 人选rén xuǎnHSK 7
choice of person; candidate
- 当选dāng xuǎnHSK 5
to be elected; to be selected
- 选拔xuǎn báHSK 6
to select the best
- 入选rù xuǎnHSK 7
to be included among those selected for
- 选民xuǎn mínHSK 7
voter; constituency; electorate
- 大选dà xuǎnHSK 7
general election
- 筛选shāi xuǎnHSK 7
to filter
- 评选píng xuǎnHSK 6
to select on the basis of a vote or consensus
- 选项xuǎn xiàngHSK 7
option; alternative; choice; to choose a project
- 候选hòu xuǎn
candidate (attributive)
- 选用xuǎn yòngHSK 7
to choose for some purpose; to select and use
- 不择手段bù zé shǒu duàn
by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously
- 推选tuī xuǎnHSK 7
to elect; to choose
- 选修xuǎn xiūHSK 5
(at a school) to take as an elective; an elective; elective (subject)