zé

Traditional: 擇

择 (zé) is a Chinese word meaning “to select; to choose; to pick over”.

Meanings

  1. 1to select
  2. 2to choose
  3. 3to pick over
  4. 4to pick out
  5. 5to differentiate
  6. 6to eliminate
  7. 7also pr. [zhai2]

Related words

选择to select; to pick别无选择to have no other choice抉择to choose (literary)不择手段by fair means or foul选择性selective选择题multiple-choice question物竞天择natural selection择偶to choose a spouse自然选择natural selection不加选择indiscriminate口不择言to speak incoherently口无择言to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom)

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