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xuǎn

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xuǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xuǎn | xuan3
English translation
to choose
to pick
to select
to elect
to select, to elect, to choose; election

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About xuǎn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

xuǎn

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

walk

Etymology of xuǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶先

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

xiān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and xiān represents the sound. Simplified form of xuǎn .

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Example sentences using xuǎn

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宁可 nìngkě 选择 xuǎnzé ǎi Fáng 不要 bù yào 高楼 gāo lóu .

I prefer low rise to high rise.

有些 yǒu xiē rén 房屋 fáng wū , dàn 大多数 dà duō shù de rén 还是 háishi 选择 xuǎnzé 公寓 gōngyù .

Some people rent houses, but most renters live in apartments.

选手 xuǎnshǒu men dōu 表现 biǎoxiàn hěn bàng .

The contestants acquitted themselves very ably.

bèi xuǎn wéi xiàn 警长.

He was elected sheriff of the county.

伏明霞 Fú Míng xiá 成为 chéngwéi 中国 Zhōngguó shǒu wèi 拥有 yōngyǒu 5 Méi 奥运 Aò yùn 金牌 jīn pái de 选手 xuǎnshǒu .

A : Fu Mingxia became the first Chinese woman with 5 career medals.

Words with xuǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
选择 xuǎnzé to select選擇
xuǎn to choose xuǎn
选手 xuǎnshǒu athlete選手
选举 xuǎnjǔ to elect選舉
竞选 jìngxuǎn to run for office競選
挑选 tiāo xuǎn to choose挑選
评选 píng xuǎn to select on the basis of a vote or consensus評選
人选 rén xuǎn candidate人選
候选人 hòu xuǎn rén candidate候選人
别无选择 bié wú xuǎn zé to have no other choice別無選擇
当选 dāngxuǎn to be elected當選
选拔 xuǎnbá to select the best選拔
选票 xuǎn piào a vote選票
选出 xuǎn chū to pick out選出
选用 xuǎn yòng to select and use選用
选中 xuǎn zhòng to choose選中
入选 rù xuǎn to be chosen入選
筛选 shāixuǎn to filter篩選
大选 dà xuǎn general election大選
选民 xuǎn mín voter選民
首选 shǒu xuǎn premium首選
精选 jīng xuǎn handpicked精選
海选 hǎi xuǎn preselection for a competition海選
选购 xuǎn gòu to buy選購
选美 xuǎn měi beauty contest選美

xuǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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xuǎn Decomposition

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