择

zé

HSK 43 readings

“To select” in Chinese is 择 (zé).

Other characters with the syllable ze: see all 4 →

Meaning

to select
to choose
to pick over

Show 3 more meanings

to pick out
to differentiate
to eliminate

Example

我没什么选择。

I don't really have much choice.

From 选择 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

zéto select / to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to differentiate / to eliminate
zháito pick; to choose (colloquial variant of 择 zé)

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Words containing 择

选择xuǎnzéto select; to pickHSK 4

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