选 xuǎn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 先 first, former, previous
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
选拔
xuǎnbá
to select, to choose
Characters in this word
拔 bá
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 犮 to pull up
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 学校将通过公开比赛选拔代表队成员。 Xuéxiào jiāng tōngguò gōngkāi bǐsài xuǎnbá dàibiǎoduì chéngyuán. The school will select members of the representative team through an open competition.
- 教练从全班同学中选拔了五名优秀的游泳运动员。 Jiàoliàn cóng quán bān tóngxué zhōng xuǎnbá le wǔ míng yōuxiù de yóuyǒng yùndòngyuán. The coach selected five outstanding swimmers from the whole class.
- 公司每年都会选拔年轻的员工去国外学习。 Gōngsī měinián dōu huì xuǎnbá niánqīng de yuángōng qù guówài xuéxí. Every year the company selects young employees to go abroad to study.
Related words
- 选 xuǎn to choose
- 选手 xuǎnshǒu contestant
- 挑选 tiāoxuǎn to choose carefully
- 选择 xuǎnzé to choose; choice
- 当选 dāngxuǎn to be elected
- 选修 xuǎnxiū to take as an elective
- 评选 píngxuǎn to select, to choose
- 入选 rùxuǎn to be selected
- 筛选 shāixuǎn to screen, to filter
- 候选人 hòuxuǎnrén candidate
- 竞选 jìngxuǎn to run for election; to campaign
- 人选 rénxuǎn candidate; person chosen