拣 (jiǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “to choose; to pick; to sort out”.
Meanings
- 1to choose
- 2to pick
- 3to sort out
- 4to pick up
- Part of speech
- verb
Related words
挑三拣四to be picky挑拣to pick and choose分拣to sort (mail)挑肥拣瘦(idiom) to cherry-pick; to pick the best parts for oneself; to be choosy披沙拣金lit. to sort the gold from the sand (idiom)拣佛烧香to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person拣信室mail sorting office拣择(literary) to select拣起to pick up拣选to select拣饮择食to choose one's food carefully暴力分拣rough handling of parcels during mail sorting