xuǎn

to choose; to pick; to select

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 3 trad. 選

Watch it being written

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Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

  • 选择xuǎnzéto selectB3
  • 挑选tiāoxuǎnto chooseB5
  • 选手xuǎnshǒuathleteB5
  • 当选dāngxuǎnto be electedB6
  • 评选píngxuǎnto select on the basis of a vote or consenB6
  • 入选rùxuǎnto be included among those selected forB6
  • 筛选shāixuǎnto filterB6

See it in sentences

这两个苹果,你选一个。

Of these two apples, you pick one.

我选好了,就要这件衬衫。

I have made my choice, this shirt.