Chinese word

选择

Pronunciation

Pinyinxuǎn zé

Meaning

  • verbchoose

Example

你要选择哪个？nǐ yào xuǎn zé nǎ ge

Which one do you want to choose?

Illustration for 选择 (choose)

More examples

在职业规划时，他最终选择了自己感兴趣的行业。zài zhí yè guī huà shí tā zuì zhōng xuǎn zé le zì jǐ gǎn xìng qù de háng yè

While planning his career, he ultimately chose the industry he was interested in.

Core concept

A deliberate narrowing of several possible paths to the one or more that guide an action or preference.

Common phrases

  • 选择职业xuǎn zé zhí yè

    choose a career

  • 选择方式xuǎn zé fāng shì

    choose a method

  • 选择学习方法xuǎn zé xué xí fāng fǎ

    choose a learning method

Similar words

决定jué dìng: Make a firm decision about an action or opinion after thinking it over.
挑选tiāo xuǎn: Carefully select something from many options according to personal taste or a set standard.
选xuǎn: Choose one or more things from many options, often in everyday speech.

Definition in Chinese

从若干人或物中作出取舍，确定一项或若干项以作为处理或表达偏好的依据。cóng ruò gān rén huò wù zhōng zuò chū qú shě què dìng yí xiàng huò ruò gān xiàng yǐ zuò wéi chú lǐ huò biǎo dá piān hào de yī jù

Word origin

选择 (xuǎnzé, "choose") is formed from 选 (xuǎn, "choose") + 择 (zé, "select"), with two closely related verbs reinforcing the idea of choosing among alternatives.

Usage tips

  • In everyday conversation, the object often follows directly, but context can leave it unspoken when the available options are already known.

Other meanings

  • choicenoun
  • selectionnoun

Opposites

  • 舍弃shě qìabandonverb

Related words

  • 选择者xuǎn zé zhěchoosernoun

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