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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
- to select
- to choose
- to pick over
- to pick out
- to differentiate
- to eliminate
- also pr. [zhai2]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 13,027 7,337 11,060

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Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
选择 3 4 432 317 398
别无选择 - - 2,873 23,431 14,257
抉择 - - 5,908 13,732 10,033
不择手段 6 - 8,650 24,556 20,637
- - 13,027 7,337 11,060
选择性 - - 21,781 12,077 15,612
选择题 - - 33,167 18,762 11,373
物竞天择 - - 41,444 79,345 58,350
择偶 - - 72,849 30,145 18,928
自然选择 - - 78,756 - -