Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- zé
English
- select, choose, pick out
- to select
- to choose
- to pick over
- to pick out
- to differentiate
- to eliminate
- also pr. [zhai2]
- to select; to choose; to pick (esp date/time for ceremonies?)
粵語
- 揀
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Variants
Words containing 擇
- 選擇syun2 zaak6
to select; to pick
- 揀擇gaan2 zaak6
(literary) to select
- 抉擇kyut3 zaak6
to choose (literary)
- 擇日zaak6 jat2
to fix a date (for an event)
- 擇使zaak6 sai2
(adjective) difficult; thorny
- 擇食zaak6 sik6
to be picky (food)
- 擇偶zaak6 ngau5
to choose a spouse
- 選擇題syun2 zaak6 tai4
multiple-choice question
- 不擇手段bat1 zaak6 sau2 dyun6
by fair means or foul
- 天擇tin1 zaak6
natural selection
- 擇交zaak6 gaau1
to choose friends
- 擇菜zaak6 coi3
to pick the edible part of vegetables
- 擇洗zaak6 sai2
difficult to handle
- 擇吉zaak6 gat1
to choose a fortunate day
- 擇刺zaak6 ci3
to pick out the bones in a fish
- 採擇coi2 zaak6
to choose and use
- 自然選擇zi6 jin4 syun2 zaak6
natural selection
- 擇日子zaak6 jat6 zi2
to pick an auspicious day
- 擇優zaak6 jau1
to pick out the best from the crowd
- 擇善固執zaak6 sin6 gu3 zap1
to choose what is good and hold fast to it (idiom)
- 擇機zaak6 gei1
at the right time; when appropriate
- 擇定zaak6 ding6
to select
- 擇不開zaak6 bat1 hoi1
impossible to separate
- 選擇性syun2 zaak6 sing3
selective