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gaanˊ²揀
(拣)
Pinyin
jian3
Translations
noun
choose; select; pick out
noun
-- less used alternative to 撿, meaning "pick up, collect; gather"
gaanˊ²揀syunˊ²選
(拣选)
Pinyin
jian3 xuan3
Translations
noun
to select
gaanˊ²揀lauˊ²樓
(拣楼)
Pinyin
jian3 lou2
Translations
noun
choose a flat
noun
to pick a house; to find a house
gaanˊ²揀jamˊ²飲zaakˍ₆擇sikˍ₆食
(拣饮择食)
Pinyin
jian3 yin3 ze2 shi2
Translations
noun
picky eater; choosy about food | Mand.: 挑吃; 偏食
gaanˊ²揀zaakˍ₆擇
(拣择)
Pinyin
jian3 ze2
Translations
noun
to be choosy; to nitpick | Mand.: 挑剔
noun
(adjective) picky; choosy; fussy
jamˍ₆任gaanˊ²揀
(任拣)
Pinyin
ren4 jian3
Translations
noun
select as you like
cinˉ¹千gaanˊ²揀maanˍ₆萬gaanˊ²揀,,gaan2揀zoekˍ₆着go˗₃個laanˍ₆爛dangˉ¹燈zaanˊ²盞
(千拣万拣,拣着个烂灯盏)
Pinyin
qian1 jian3 wan4 jian3 , jian3 zhe5 ge4 lan4 deng1 zhan3
Translations
noun
to make a bad choice out of a large number of options (esp with a wife)
noun
after rounds of selection, one end up with the worst choice out of all
mouˏ₅冇dakˉ¹得gaanˊ²揀
(冇得拣)
Pinyin
mao3 de5 jian3
Translations
noun
there's no choice
cinˉ¹千gaanˊ²揀maanˍ₆萬gaan2,揀，gaanˊ²揀zoekˍ₆著go˗₃個laanˍ₆爛dangˉ¹燈zaanˊ²盞
(千拣万拣，拣着个烂灯盏)
Pinyin
qian1 jian3 wan4 jian3, jian3 zhe5 ge4 lan4 deng1zhan3
Translations
noun
to make the worst choice after picking out of so many options [colloquial]
gaanˊ²揀douˊ²到
(拣到)
Pinyin
jian3 dao4
Translations
noun
to choose (successfully); to get (something good) | 書: 選到; 挑到
cinˉ¹千gaanˊ²揀maanˍ₆萬gaan2,揀，gaanˊ²揀zoekˍ₆著go˗₃個laanˍ₆爛dangˉ¹燈daamˊ²膽
(千拣万拣，拣着个烂灯胆)
Pinyin
qian1 jian3 wan4 jian3, jian3 zhe5 ge4 lan4 deng1 dan3
Translations
noun
to make the worst choice after picking out of so many options [colloquial]
gaanˊ²揀zeotˉ¹卒
(拣卒)
Pinyin
jian3 zu2
Translations
noun
to select the right candidate [colloquial]
tiuˉ¹挑gaanˊ²揀
(挑拣)
Pinyin
tiao1 jian3
Translations
verb
to pick and choose; to select
gaanˊ²揀zeotˉ¹蜶
(拣蜶)
Pinyin
jian3 suo4
Translations
noun
to select the right candidate [colloquial]