拣 (揀) jiǎn

1. jiǎn verb to choose; to pick
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '揀'; Guoyu '揀' 1; Kroll 2015 '揀', p. 197; Mathews 1931 '揀', p. 116; Unihan '揀')
2. jiǎn verb to pick up
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '揀'; Guoyu '揀' 2; Mathews 1931 '揀', p. 116; Unihan '揀')

Contained in

• 拣信室(揀信室) mail sorting office
• 拣起来(揀起來) pick up
• 拣货(揀貨) select merchandise
• 拣派(揀派) to select and dispatch as an official
• 拣拾(揀拾) to pick up
• 拣选(揀選) to select; to sort out
• 翻拣(翻揀) to browse and select; to glance through and check
• 拣剰(揀剰) leftovers after sorting
• 拣净(揀淨) to sort
• 挑拣(挑揀) to choose; to select
• 拣饮择食(揀飲擇食) to choose one's food carefully; to be picky
• 白拣(白揀) a cheap choice; to choose something that costs nothing
• 雷公打豆腐，拣软的欺(雷公打豆腐，揀軟的欺) the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person; to pick on an easy target
• 挑三拣四(挑三揀四) to be picky; to be choosy
• 拣起(揀起) to pick up
• 拣择(揀擇) to choose; to select
• 拣好的(揀好的) pick the best
• 拣佛烧香(揀佛燒香) to choose which Buddha to burn incense to; to curry favor from the right person

Also contained in

唯嫌拣择

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷一百八十七 志第一百四十 兵一 Volume 187 Treatises 140: Military 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 45
• 卷一百九十四 志第一百四十七 兵八 Volume 194 Treatises 147: Military 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 41
• 卷一百八十九 志第一百四十二 兵三 Volume 189 Treatises 142: Military 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 29
• 卷一百八十八 志第一百四十一 兵二 Volume 188 Treatises 141: Military 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 17
• 第二回 Chapter 40 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 7
• 第二回 Chapter 71 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 6
• 第二回 Chapter 62 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 6
• 卷一百九十 志第一百四十三 兵四 Volume 190 Treatises 143: Military 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 6
• 卷一百九十三 志第一百四十六 兵七 Volume 193 Treatises 146: Military 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 6
• 卷九十八　志第四十六: 　兵一 Volume 98 Treatises 51: Military 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 6

Collocations

• 拣中 (揀中) 至揀中 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百七十一 志第一百二十四 職官十一 Volume 171 Treatises 124: Offical Posts 11 — count: 53
• 拣阅 (揀閱) 揀閱龍騎及諸州部送招獲群盜 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百八十七 志第一百四十 兵一 Volume 187 Treatises 140: Military 1 — count: 12
• 拣中平 (揀中平) 浙逋負官物隸窯務徒役者爲揀中平塞 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百八十七 志第一百四十 兵一 Volume 187 Treatises 140: Military 1 — count: 4
• 拣刺 (揀刺) 淮東揀刺八千餘人以補鎮江大軍及武鋒軍之闕 — History of Song 宋史, 卷三十九 本紀第三十九 寧宗三 Volume 39 Annals 39: Ningzong 3 — count: 4
• 拣练 (揀練) 臣聊爾揀練 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷76 盧同 張烈 Volume 76: Lu Tong, Zhang Lie — count: 4
• 处拣 (處揀) 兼欲於諸處揀孳生馬 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷三十八 唐書14: 明宗本紀四 Volume 38 Book of Later Tang 14: Mingzong Annals 4 — count: 4
• 拣充 (揀充) 忻以保甲替罷揀充下禁軍 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百八十八 志第一百四十一 兵二 Volume 188 Treatises 141: Military 2 — count: 3
• 废拣 (廢揀) 廢揀中廣德 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百八十八 志第一百四十一 兵二 Volume 188 Treatises 141: Military 2 — count: 3
• 升拣 (升揀) 以升揀 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百六十二 志第一百十五 職官二 Volume 162 Treatises 115: Offical Posts 2 — count: 3
• 慎拣 (慎揀) 慎揀僚屬 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百三十九 列傳第八十九: 陸贄 Volume 139 Biographies 89: Lu Zhi — count: 3