選擇

See also: 选择 and 選択

Chinese

		to choose; to pick; to select to choose; to pick; to select; to elect	pick over; to select; to choose pick over; to select; to choose; to pick
trad. (選擇)		選	擇
simp. (选择)		选	择

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuǎnzé

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄗㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun² zaak⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sién-chhe̍t / sién-chet
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): soán-te̍k / soán-tia̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): suêng² doh⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xuǎnzé
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄗㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuantzer
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuǎnzé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun² zaak⁶
    • Yale: syún jaahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn² dzaak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun² zag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʃyːn³⁵ t͡säːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sién-chhe̍t / sién-chet
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien` ced / xien` zed`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian³ ced⁶ / xian³ zed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕi̯en³¹ t͡sʰet̚⁵/, /ɕi̯en³¹ t͡set̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soán-te̍k
    • Tâi-lô: suán-ti̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soafndek
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soán-tia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: suán-tia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soafndiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /suan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiak̚²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: suêng² doh⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suéng to̍h
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sueŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ toʔ⁴/

Verb

選擇

1. to choose; to select; to pick; to make a choice

   可供選擇 / 可供选择  ―  kě gōng xuǎnzé  ―  to choose from

   為什麼那麼多移民選擇加拿大？ [MSC, trad.]
   为什么那么多移民选择加拿大？ [MSC, simp.]

   Wèishénme nàme duō yímín xuǎnzé Jiānádà? [Pinyin]

   Why do so many migrants choose Canada?

Synonyms

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• 取捨／取舍 (qǔshě)
• 抉擇／抉择 (juézé)
• 挑選／挑选 (tiāoxuǎn)
• 摘揀／摘拣 (Min Nan)

• 相中 (xiāngzhòng)
• 看中 (kànzhòng)
• 選中／选中 (xuǎnzhòng)
• 選定／选定 (xuǎndìng)

Derived terms

• 擇業／择业 (zéyè)
• 選擇性／选择性 (xuǎnzéxìng)

• 選擇題／选择题 (xuǎnzétí)

Noun

選擇

1. choice; selection; option

Synonyms

• 選項／选项 (xuǎnxiàng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (選擇):

• → Japanese: 選択 (せんたく) (sentaku)
• → Korean: 선택 (選擇, seontaek)
• → Vietnamese: tuyển trạch (選擇)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
選	擇

Noun

選擇 • (seontaek) (hangeul 선택)

1. Hanja form^? of 선택 (“selection, choice”).