CHOOSE  挑選

TAKE OR USE THING WHILE BELIEVING that one is ABLE to TAKE OTHER THINGS.
SELECTPICK (OUT)OPT FORSETTLE ONDECIDE ONFIX ONTAKEAPPOINTNAMENOMINATEVOTE FORELECT
Antonym
  • DISCARDDISPLACE something so as to VOLUNTARILY CAUSE ONESELF to LACK it.
    Hypernym
    • TAKEOBTAIN a THING OFTEN by REMOVING it from its PLACE OR OWNER so as to HAVE it ONESELF.
      • OBTAINBEGIN to HAVE.
        • BEGINENDURINGLY STOP NOT to ACT OR to BE RESEMBLING:as in the PAST.
          • STOPACT so as NOT to CONTINUE NOW:present ACTION....
    See also
    • FETCHDISPLACE something TO HERE FROM an OTHER PLACE.
      • LIKEDESIRE INTENSELY so as to TEND to CHOOSE.
        Hyponym
        • DECIDE　CHOOSE among PRESENT OR FUTURE MOVEMENTS FOR SELF:oneself OR among ANSWERS to QUESTIONS.
          • JUDGE　DECIDE, as HAVING AUTHORITY, whether someone is GUILTY OR INNOCENT, OR whether an ACCUSATION OR SENTENCE:statement is TRUE OR FALSE.
          • DELAY　DECIDE NOT TO DO SOMETHING NOW BUT TO DO MORE LATE.
          • REFUSE　DECIDE NOT TO ACT:do as one has been REQUESTED to ACT OR IS EXPECTED TO ACT....
          • VOLUNTARY　DECIDE FREELY AND NOT BE FORCED
        • MARRY　CAUSE someone to BECOME a HUSBAND OR a WIFE.
        • VOTE　DECIDE an IMPORTANT POLITICAL ASK:question CONFORMING to MAJORITY CHOICE.
          • ELECTION　CHOICE of a LEADER OR RULER by CONCEALED VOTING.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        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

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        挑選

        揀選

        精選

        甄選

        提選

        挑揀

        選擇

        採擇

        採取

        採納

        採用

        抉擇

        別擇

        抉摘

        摘選

        摘取

        選取

        取捨

        挑

        選

        揀

        擇

        摘

        卜

        挑三揀四

        挑肥揀瘦

        披沙揀金

        rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

        • De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione ( COMENIUS 1665) p. 519©

          ELIGERE e pluribus aliqvid velle, alijs relictis.

          Reqv. 1. Objectorum pluralitatem.

          2. Deliberationem qvodnam potius.

          3. Determinationem tandem liberam, et ut ratione factam.

          14 fascinating Axioms.

        • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

          CHOOSE

          deligere refers to one not remaining indecisive with regard to a choice.

          eligere refers to the deliberately choosing to make a choice at all in the sense of not taking anything that comes one's way.

        • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 147

        • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 12.22-28

        • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1457

          選，擇

        • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 77

        • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 2.348:236

          ELECTION.CHOIX

          passive versus active. Very fine analysis.

        • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.405.368FF

          OPTER.CHOISIR; CHOISIR.PREFERER CHOISIR.ELIRE

        • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 420

        • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 165

        Words

        擇  zé OC: ɡrlaaɡ MC: ɖɣɛk 82 AttributionsWD

        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.

          Word relations
        • Object: 人/HUMAN The dominant term is rén 人 which refers to any human.
        • Object: 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.
        • Assoc: 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: 采/CHOOSE Cǎi 采 is close in meaning to qǔ 取 but does not naturally correspond to any antonym like shě 捨 "reject".

          Syntactic words
        • nabactchoice ??
        • nabactselecting aspicious days; hemerological practiceLZ
        • vt prep N{PLUR}choose among these things NCH
        • vt+prep+Nopt for
        • vt+prep+Nobject=alternativeschoose (between or among...)
        • vt+prep+N{PLUR}chose among the Ns
        • vt+V[0]choose (to do something)
        • vt[oN]make a choice
        • 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;
        • vtoNpassivebe chosenLZ
        • vtoNpositivemake the right choice of
        • 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
        取  qǔ OC: skhoʔ MC: tshi̯o 54 AttributionsWD

        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.

          Word relations
        • Ant: 去/DISCARD Qù 去 refers to the distancing oneself from something by rejecting it.
        • Ant: 捨 / 舍/REFUSE
        • Assoc: 采/CHOOSE Cǎi 采 is close in meaning to qǔ 取 but does not naturally correspond to any antonym like shě 捨 "reject".
        • Synon: 拔/CHOOSE

          Syntactic words
        • nabactpreference; choice
        • nabfigurativeintellectual choice; philosophical preferenceCH
        • vt(oN)make a deliberate choice of NCH
        • vt+V[0]choose to V, opt for (doing something); prefer to V
        • vt[oN]make choices; show preferences
        • vtoNpick out; opt for, choose (a thing, an abstract thing, or a person for a job), show preferences for
        • vtoNfigurativemake an intellectual choice for; opt for (something abstract like a course of action or a pose to be taken etc)
        • vtoNnegativebring upon oneself
        • vtoNpassivebe chosen, be picked out
        選  xuǎn OC: sqonʔ MC: siɛn 16 AttributionsWD

        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.

          Word relations
        • Assoc: 舉/APPOINT
        • Assoc: 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.

          Syntactic words
        • vadNelite, choice (troops etc)
        • vielite, exquisiteLZ
        • vt+prep+Nchoose among
        • vtoNpick out according to quality, select and appoint
        • vtoNobject=nonhuselect items as relevant for useCH
        取舍  qǔ shě OC: skhoʔ lʰaʔ MC: tshi̯o ɕɣɛ 9 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPab{N1&N2}actchoices; preferences
        趨  qū OC: tsho MC: tshi̯o 7 AttributionsWD

        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.

          Word relations
        • Ant: 捨 / 舍/DISCARD Shě 捨/舍 (ant. qǔ 取 "pick out and choose") refers to letting go of or rejecting something that one might have chosen to retain or use.
        • Synon: 就/SEEK

          Syntactic words
        • nabactpreferring; preferred course of action
        • vtoNtend towards, opt (enthusiastically) for, go for
        柬  jiǎn OC: kreenʔ MC: kɣɛn
        揀  jiǎn OC: kreenʔ MC: kɣɛn 5 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNXUN: sort according to quality > choose
        用  yòng OC: k-loŋs MC: ji̯oŋ 5 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNchoose to use, choose to make use of, choose to carry out in practice (words); act on, act according to
        • vtoNpassivebe used, be applied; be put into practice
        簡  jiǎn OC: kreenʔ MC: kɣɛn 3 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • nabpsychchoice, freedom to choose
        • vtoNselect; make choice for SHU, ZHUANG; later: pick for office
        采  cǎi OC: tshɯɯʔ MC: tshəi 3 AttributionsWD

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

          Word relations
        • Assoc: 取/CHOOSE 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.
        • Assoc: 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.

          Syntactic words
        • vtoNHANSHU, Dongfangshuo: select (as emperor selecting candidates for job); choose properly
        • vtoNchoose for detailed considerationCH
        嚮  xiàng OC: qhaŋs MC: hi̯ɐŋ 2 AttributionsWD

        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.

          Syntactic words
        • vtoNopt for
        採  cǎi OC: tshɯɯʔ MC: tshəi 2 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • nabactchoice
        • vtoNpick out, opt for; chooseCH
        趣舍  qù shě OC: skhos lʰaʔ MC: tshi̯o ɕɣɛ
        趣捨  qù shě OC: skhos lʰaʔ MC: tshi̯o ɕɣɛ 2 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPab[post-N]actone's moral choice
        選於  xuǎn yú OC: sqonʔ qa MC: siɛn ʔi̯ɤ 2 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNchoose from among
        拔  bá OC: breed MC: bɣɛt 1 AttributionWD

          Word relations
        • Synon: 取/CHOOSE 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.

          Syntactic words
        • vtoNpick out (the right person)
        取捨  qǔ shě OC: skhoʔ lʰaʔ MC: tshi̯o ɕɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • NPabactchoice
        • VPtoNchoose or reject; choose among; opt for or againstCH
        摘撮  zhāi cuō OC: krleeɡ skhood MC: ʈɣɛk tshʷɑt 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPt[oN]pick and choose among things
        撮取  cuō qǔ OC: skhood skhoʔ MC: tshʷɑt tshi̯o 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPtoNchoose
        選擇  xuǎn zé OC: sqonʔ ɡrlaaɡ MC: siɛn ɖɣɛk 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPtoNselect (by vote???)
        大  dà OC: daads MC: dɑi 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNregard as preferable, consider as the better thing to do　GONGYANG Yin 3.6 故君子大居正 therefore the gentleman regards it as preferable to keep to the straight line (of succession).
        寧  níng OC: neeŋ MC: neŋ 0 AttributionsWD

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

          Syntactic words
        差  chāi OC: skhreel MC: ʈʂhɣɛ 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNchoose, select??????
        挑  tiāo OC: kh-leew MC: theu 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNselect (ZGC)
        掄  lún OC: ɡ-run MC: lʷin
        掄  lún OC: ɡ-ruun MC: luo̝n 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNselect
        摭  zhí OC: kljaɡ MC: tɕiɛk 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNLIJI 7.6f: choose to pick up or take
        撮  cuō OC: skhood MC: tshʷɑt 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        竫  jìng OC: sɡeŋʔ MC: dziɛŋ 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNK: choose (loan) GONGYANG
        索  suǒ OC: saaɡ MC: sɑk 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNselect
        議  yì OC: ŋrals MC: ŋiɛ 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNK: select YILI [????]
        擇取  zé qǔ OC: ɡrlaaɡ skhoʔ MC: ɖɣɛk tshi̯o 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPtoNselect

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