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選擇

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

Noun

選擇

choice; selection; option

Verb

選擇

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

Derived terms

擇業／择业 (zéyè)

Synonyms

抉擇／抉择 (juézé)
挑選／挑选 (tiāoxuǎn)
選定／选定 (xuǎndìng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (選擇):

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
選	擇

Noun

選擇 • ‎(seontaek) ‎(hangeul 선택)

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xuǎnzé

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄗㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syun² zaak⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sién-chet
Min Nan (POJ): soán-tia̍k / soán-te̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xuǎnzé
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄗㄜˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuantzer
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: syun² zaak⁶
  - Yale: syún jaahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn² dzaak⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕyːn³⁵ t͡sɑːk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sién-chet
  - Hakka Romanization System: xien` zed`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian³ zed⁵
  - IPA: /ɕi̯en³¹ t͡set̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soán-tia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: suán-tia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soafndiak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soán-te̍k
  - Tâi-lô: suán-ti̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soafndek
  - IPA (Taipei): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɪk̚¹²¹/