Taxonomy of meanings for 選:　　

  • 選 xuǎn (OC: sqonʔ MC: sʷiɛn) 思兖切 上 廣韻：【擇也思兖切又思絹切又思管切三 】
    • CHOOSE
      • vadNelite, choice (troops etc)
      • vt+prep+Nchoose among
      • vtoNpick out according to quality, select and appoint
      • vtoNobject=nonhuselect items as relevant for useCH
      • vielite, exquisiteLZ
    • CRITICISE
      • vtoNpassivebe criticised; be found fault with
    • SEND
      • IMMEDIATELY
        • nabshort timeCH
      • ENTER
      • 選 xuàn (OC: sqons MC: sʷiɛn) 息絹切 去 廣韻：【息絹切八 】
        • APPOINT
            • appointed best candidate>HERO
              • nBAIHUTONG: modestly heroic figure of the second-lowest grade
            • feature>APPROPRIATE
          • 選 suǎn (OC: sqhonʔ MC: sʷɑn) 蘇管切 上 廣韻：【 】 ｓｕａｎ４ 《集韻》損管切，上緩心。元部。
            • =筭
              • 10 000> NUMBERS
          • 選 ｓｈｕａ１《集韻》數滑切，音刷。

            Additional information about 選

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              Criteria
            • MATE

              1. The most current general word for a partner of the other sex is pǐ 匹, and one suspects that even when the word refers to mates of one sex this meaning is an effect of the context rather than the meaning of the word itself.

              2. O ㄆ偶 refers to a concrete partner or to more abstractly, like Modern Chinese duìxiàng 對象 to refer to the notion of someone who will fill the role of partner of the other sex. NB: one may qiú ǒu 求偶 and xuǎn ǒu 選偶, but it appears pǐ 匹 is not used in such contexts.

              3. Qiú 逑 is a poetic poet and archaising word for a mate.

              4. Bì 嬖 refers to a senior person's favourite of either sex with whom he may or may not entertain sexual relations as part of the relationship.

            • 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
            • Assoc: (CHOOSE)舉/APPOINT
            • Assoc: (CHOOSE)擇/CHOOSE 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.