择

to select, to choose; to select; to choose; to pick over; to pick out; to differentiate; to eliminate; also pr. [zhai2]

Strokes
8
Pinyin
zé

Parts

Built from 择

Words with 择

  1. 天择tiān zé · tianzenatural selection
  2. 抉择jué zé · juezeto choose (literary)
  3. 采择cǎi zé · caizeto choose and use; to adopt (a decision)
  4. 拣择jiǎn zé · jianze(literary) to select; to choose
  5. 择偶zé ǒu · zeouto choose a spouse
  6. 择刺zhái cì · zhaicito pick out the bones in a fish
  7. 择定zé dìng · zedingto select
  8. 择日zé rì · zerito fix a date (for an event); to select an auspicious date
  9. 择机zé jī · zejiat the right time; when appropriate
  10. 择菜zhái cài · zhaicaito pick the edible part of vegetables
  11. 择食zé shí · zeshito be picky (food)
  12. 选择xuǎn zé · xuanzeto select; to pick; choice; option; alternative
  13. 张择端zhāng zé duān · zhangzeduanZhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter
  14. 择不开zhái bu kāi · zhaibukaiimpossible to separate; impossible to disentangle; cannot take time out
  15. 择日子zhái rì zi · zhairizito pick an auspicious day
  16. 选择性xuǎn zé xìng · xuanzexingselective; selectiveness; selectivity
  17. 选择题xuǎn zé tí · xuanzetimultiple-choice question
  18. 不加选择bù jiā xuǎn zé · bujiaxuanzeindiscriminate
  19. 不择手段bù zé shǒu duàn · buzeshouduanby fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously
  20. 别无选择bié wú xuǎn zé · biewuxuanzeto have no other choice
  21. 口不择言kǒu bù zé yán · koubuzeyanto speak incoherently; to ramble; to talk irresponsibly
  22. 口无择言kǒu wú zé yán · kouwuzeyanto say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom); wrongly used for 口不擇言|口不择言[kou3 bu4 ze2 yan2]
  23. 拣饮择食jiǎn yǐn zé shí · jianyinzeshito choose one's food carefully; to be picky
  24. 择善固执zé shàn gù zhí · zeshanguzhito choose what is good and hold fast to it (idiom)
  25. 择善而从zé shàn ér cóng · zeshanercongto choose the right course and follow it (idiom)
  26. 物竞天择wù jìng tiān zé · wujingtianzenatural selection
  27. 特异选择tè yì xuǎn zé · teyixuanzespecial choice; special reserve
  28. 自然选择zì rán xuǎn zé · ziranxuanzenatural selection
  29. 良禽择木liáng qín zé mù · liangqinzemua fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb); fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity
  30. 饥不择食jī bù zé shí · jibuzeshiwhen hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers; When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.

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