擇優 (zaak6 jau1) — to pick out the best from the crowd in Cantonese
zaakˍ₆擇jauˉ¹優简 择优
Mandarin Pinyin: ze2 you1
Meaning of 擇優
nounto pick out the best from the crowd
Example Sentences with 擇優
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好sikˉ¹識dakˉ¹得zaak˗₃擇jauˉ¹優
He's good at choosing the best.
maaiˏ₅買jeˏ₅嘢jiu˗₃要zaak˗₃擇jauˉ¹優diˉ¹啲
When buying things, you should choose the better ones.
niˉ¹呢gaanˉ¹間hokˍ₆學haauˍ₆校zaak˗₃擇jauˉ¹優sauˉ¹收sangˉ¹生
This school selects students based on merit.
gungˉ¹公siˉ¹司jiu˗₃要zaak˗₃擇jauˉ¹優taai˗₃汰leotˍ₆劣
The company needs to select the best and eliminate the bad.
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