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择
zé
Main
English Definitionto select; to choose; to pick over; to pick out; to differentiate; to eliminate
Simplified Script择
Traditional Script擇
Pinyinzé, also pr. zhái
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄗㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)zaak6
Part of Speech(动) verb

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Words With Same Head Word    
择偶zé'ǒuto choose a spouse
择定zédìngto select
择菜zécàito pick the edible part of vegetables
择善而从zé shàn ér cóngto choose the right course and follow it (idiom)
择食zéshíto be picky (food)
Words With Same Tail Word    
选择xuǎnzéto select; to pick; choice; option; alternative
抉择juézéto choose (literary)
别无选择biéwú xuǎnzéto have no other choice
物竞天择wù jìng tiānzénatural selection
天择tiānzénatural selection
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