选拔

xuǎnbá

to select the best

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 6 trad. 選拔

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

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.

  • 海拔hǎibáheight above sea levelB6
  • to pull upB7
  • 提拔tíbáto promote to a higher jobB7
  • 挺拔tǐngbátall and straightB7
  • 一毛不拔yìmáo-bùbá(lit.) unwilling to spare a single hair (iB7

See it in sentences

他们选拔了人才。

They selected talent.

选拔很严格。

The selection is strict.