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拣 jiǎn

to choose; to pick out

Strokes
8
Level
HSK 6
Radical
扌
Traditional
揀
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 扌柬 ⿰扌柬

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  1. 她仔细地挑拣新鲜的蔬菜。
    Tā zǐxì de tiāojiǎn xīnxiān de shūcài.
    She carefully picks out fresh vegetables.
    she carefully (particle) pick-select fresh (particle) vegetable
  2. 你打算怎么挑拣这些水果？
    Nǐ dǎsuàn zěnme tiāojiǎn zhèxiē shuǐguǒ?
    How do you plan to select these fruits?
    you plan how pick-select these fruit (question)
  3. 买菜的时候要仔细挑拣，别买坏的。
    Mǎi cài de shíhou yào zǐxì tiāojiǎn, bié mǎi huài de.
    When buying vegetables, pick carefully and don't buy bad ones.
    buy vegetable (particle) time need carefully pick-select, don't buy bad (particle)
  4. 他从不挑拣食物，什么都愿意吃。
    Tā cóng bù tiāojiǎn shíwù, shénme dōu yuànyì chī.
    He never picks and chooses his food; he's willing to eat anything.
    he always not pick-select food, whatever all willing eat
  5. 在市场上，她花了半天时间挑拣衣服。
    Zài shìchǎng shàng, tā huāle bàntiān shíjiān tiāojiǎn yīfu.
    At the market, she spent half a day picking out clothes.
    at market on, she spend-(particle) half-day time pick-select clothes

Words with 拣 (1)