拣

to choose, to select; to gather, to pick up; to choose; to pick; to sort out; to pick up

Strokes
8
Pinyin
jiǎn

Parts

Words with 拣

  1. 分拣fēn jiǎn · fenjianto sort (mail)
  2. 挑拣tiāo jiǎn · tiaojianto pick and choose; to select
  3. 拣择jiǎn zé · jianze(literary) to select; to choose
  4. 拣起jiǎn qǐ · jianqito pick up
  5. 拣选jiǎn xuǎn · jianxuanto select; to sort out
  6. 白拣bái jiǎn · baijiana cheap choice; to choose sth that costs nothing
  7. 翻拣fān jiǎn · fanjianto browse and select; to glance through and check
  8. 拣信室jiǎn xìn shì · jianxinshimail sorting office
  9. 披沙拣金pī shā jiǎn jīn · pishajianjin(lit.) to sort the gold from the sand (idiom); (fig.) to separate the wheat from the chaff
  10. 挑三拣四tiāo sān jiǎn sì · tiaosanjiansito be picky; to be choosy
  11. 挑肥拣瘦tiāo féi jiǎn shòu · tiaofeijianshou(idiom) to cherry-pick; to pick the best parts for oneself; to be choosy
  12. 拣佛烧香jiǎn fó shāo xiāng · jianfoshaoxiangto choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person
  13. 拣饮择食jiǎn yǐn zé shí · jianyinzeshito choose one's food carefully; to be picky
  14. 暴力分拣bào lì fēn jiǎn · baolifenjianrough handling of parcels during mail sorting
  15. 雷公打豆腐,拣软的欺léi gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī · leigongdadoufu,jianruandeqithe God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person; to pick on an easy target

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences