选择 xuǎnzé select
select; to pick; choose
How to remember 选择: 选 to select + 择 to select = select.
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How it is used
- Choose, or a choice - 你可以选择 A 或者 B (nǐ kěyǐ xuǎnzé A huòzhě B) you can pick A or B. Works as verb and noun.
- Slightly more formal/deliberate than the colloquial 挑 (tiāo, pick out) - 选择 implies weighing options; 挑 is picking through items.
- 别无选择 (bié wú xuǎnzé) have no other choice - common set phrase.
Example sentences
- 你有选择。 Nǐ yǒu xuǎnzé.You do have choices.
- 这是你的选择。 Zhè shì nǐ de xuǎnzé.It's your choice.
- 他选择了否定的答案。 Tā xuǎnzéle fǒudìng de dá'àn.He's chosen the negative response.