Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- jiǎn
English
- choose
- to choose
- to choose; to select; to pick
- select
- to pick
- pick up
- to sort out
- gather
- to pick up
粵語
- 喺兩樣以上嘅嘢入面，決定要邊樣
Variants
Words containing 揀
- 揀擇gaan2 zaak6
(literary) to select
- 揀樓gaan2 lau2
to pick a house; to find a house
- 揀選gaan2 syun2
to select
- 揀卒gaan2 zeot1
to select the right candidate [colloquial]
- 揀起gaan2 hei2
to pick up
- 白揀baak6 gaan2
a cheap choice
- 翻揀faan1 gaan2
to browse and select
- 挑揀tiu1 gaan2
to pick and choose
- 揀中gaan2 zung1
- 揀過gaan2 gwo3
- 分揀fan1 gaan2
to sort (mail)
- 揀手gaan2 sau2
- 揀晒gaan2 saai3
- 免揀min5 gaan2
- 揀信室gaan2 seon3 sat1
mail sorting office
- 揀飲擇食gaan2 jam2 zaak6 sik6
to choose one's food carefully
- 揀蟀gaan2 seot1
- 揀過晒gaan2 gwo3 saai3
- 隨你揀ceoi4 nei5 gaan2
- 唔識揀m4 sik1 gaan2
- 揀剩尾gaan2 sing6 mei5
- 又揀擇jau6 gaan2 zaak6
- 冇得揀mou5 dak1 gaan2
there's no choice
- 挑三揀四tiu1 saam1 gaan2 sei3
to be picky