| 擇 | [ zé ] to select, to choose, to pick over, to pick out, to differentiate, to eliminate, also pr. [zhai2] |
| 擇不開 | [ zhaí bu kaī ] impossible to separate, impossible to disentangle, cannot take time out |
| 擇偶 | [ zé oǔ ] to choose a spouse |
| 擇刺 | [ zhaí cì ] to pick out the bones in a fish |
| 擇善固執 | [ zé shàn gù zhí ] to choose what is good and hold fast to it (idiom) |
| 擇善而從 | [ zé shàn ér cóng ] to choose the right course and follow it (idiom) |
| 擇定 | [ zé dìng ] to select |
| 擇日 | [ zé rì ] to fix a date (for an event), to select an auspicious date |
| 擇日不如撞日 | [ zé rì bù rú zhuàng rì ] lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom), fig. seize the occasion |
| 擇日子 | [ zhaí rì zi ] to pick an auspicious day |
| 擇菜 | [ zhaí caì ] to pick the edible part of vegetables |
| 擇食 | [ zé shí ] to be picky (food) |
| ⇒ 不加選擇 | [ bù jiā xuǎn zé ] indiscriminate |
| ⇒ 不擇手段 | [ bù zé shoǔ duàn ] by fair means or foul, by hook or by crook, unscrupulously |
| ⇒ 別無選擇 | [ bié wú xuǎn zé ] to have no other choice |
| ⇒ 口不擇言 | [ koǔ bù zé yán ] to speak incoherently, to ramble, to talk irresponsibly |
| ⇒ 口無擇言 | [ koǔ wú zé yán ] to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom), wrongly used for 口不擇言|口不择言[kou3 bu4 ze2 yan2] |
| ⇒ 可選擇丟棄 | [ kě xuǎn zé diū qì ] discard eligible (Frame Relay), DE |
| ⇒ 天擇 | [ tiān zé ] natural selection |
| ⇒ 張擇端 | [ zhāng zé duān ] Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter |
| ⇒ 抉擇 | [ jué zé ] to choose (literary) |
| ⇒ 採擇 | [ caǐ zé ] to choose and use, to adopt (a decision) |
| ⇒ 揀擇 | [ jiǎn zé ] (literary) to select, to choose |
| ⇒ 揀飲擇食 | [ jiǎn yǐn zé shí ] to choose one's food carefully, to be picky |
| ⇒ 物競天擇 | [ wù jìng tiān zé ] natural selection |
| ⇒ 特異選擇 | [ tè yì xuǎn zé ] special choice, special reserve |
| ⇒ 自然選擇 | [ zì rán xuǎn zé ] natural selection |
| ⇒ 自由選擇權 | [ zì yoú xuǎn zé quán ] free agency |
| ⇒ 良禽擇木 | [ liáng qín zé mù ] a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb), fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity |
| ⇒ 良禽擇木而棲 | [ liáng qín zé mù ér qī ] a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb), fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity |
| ⇒ 選擇 | [ xuǎn zé ] to select, to pick, choice, option, alternative |
| ⇒ 選擇性 | [ xuǎn zé xìng ] selective, selectiveness, selectivity |
| ⇒ 選擇題 | [ xuǎn zé tí ] multiple-choice question |
| ⇒ 飢不擇食 | [ jī bù zé shí ] when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers, When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives. |