Taxonomy of meanings for 擇:　　

  • 擇 zé (OC: ɡrlaaɡ MC: ɖɯak) 場伯切 入 廣韻：【選擇 】
    • CHOOSE
      • nabactchoice ??
      • vt[oN]make a choice
      • vt+prep+Nopt for
      • vt+prep+Nobject=alternativeschoose (between or among...)
      • vt+V[0]choose (to do something)
      • vtoNselect (as a neighbourhood to live in); make a choice of; make a free and proper choice of, HF 6.3.30: choose freely (a ruler whom one wishes to serve)
      • vtoNobject=alternativeschoose among, have a choice among; make/consider a free choice between;
      • vtoNpsychbe choosy about, be particular about the choice of 擇友
      • vttoN1.+prep+N2choose (somebody or something N1) (from among several items N2)何擇焉
      • vt+prep+N{PLUR}chose among the Ns
      • vtoNpositivemake the right choice of
      • vt prep N{PLUR}choose among these things NCH
      • nabactselecting aspicious days; hemerological practiceLZ
      • vtoNpassivebe chosenLZ
    • CUT
      • vt(oN)omcut, trim (a contextually determinate N)
      • vtoNtrim, cut (vegetables)
    • CATCH
      • DISTINGUISH
        • =殬BAD
          • vibe inappropriate, offensive, outrageous
      • 擇 ｙｉ４《集韻》夷益切，入昔以。
        • NAMES

        Additional information about 擇

        說文解字: 【擇】，柬選也。 〔小徐本作「𥳑選也。」〕 从手、睪聲。 【丈伯切】

          Criteria
        • CHOOSE

          1. The general word for making a deliberate and in principle free choice is qǔ 取 "to choose or opt for (the preferred alternative), to prefer" (ant 捨 "reject"), and what is thus chosen or preferred may be concrete or abstract.

          2. Zé 擇 is "to choose between, make a free choice among (alternative objects presenting themselves)" and the word applies to all sorts of choices, formal or informal.

          3. Xuǎn 選 and the rarer bá 拔 (ant. chì 斥 "set aside") is an administrative term referring to the choice of incumbents for a position to be filled according to given criteria of choice.

          4. Cǎi 采 is close in meaning to qǔ 取 but does not naturally correspond to any antonym like shě 捨 "reject".

          5. Qū 趨 (ant. bì 避 "shy away from and avoid") and the rarer xiàng 嚮 (ant. bèi 背 "turn one's back on") refer to a tendency to exercise a certain preference.

          6. Níng 寧 "would rather, prefer to" expresses a free moral or intellectual or practical choice. See PREFER

          Word relations
        • Object: (CHOOSE)人/HUMAN The dominant term is rén 人 which refers to any human.
        • Object: (CHOOSE)友/FRIEND The most general current word for a friend is yǒu 友 (ant. dí 敵 "enemy"), and the specific nuance indicated by this word is that of a commonality of feelings and interests, although it must be noted that the etymological link of the word is with the notion of "help", and in pre-SHI times the word tended to refer to cooperating associates rather than friends.
        • Contrast: (BAD)淫/UNRESTRAINED Yín 淫 can come to refer to extravagance as a symptom of general indulgence.
        • Assoc: (CHOOSE)選/CHOOSE Xuǎn 選 and the rarer bá 拔 (ant. chì 斥 "set aside") is an administrative term referring to the choice of incumbents for a position to be filled according to given criteria of choice.
        • Assoc: (CHOOSE)采/CHOOSE Cǎi 采 is close in meaning to qǔ 取 but does not naturally correspond to any antonym like shě 捨 "reject".