tiāo xuǎn
choisir; sélectionner; sélectionner
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我在商店里挑选了一件衣服。
Wǒ zài shāngdiàn lǐ tiāoxuǎnle yī jiàn yīfu.
I picked out a piece of clothing in the store.
他正在挑选一本书。
Tā zhèngzài tiāoxuǎn yī běn shū.
He is picking out a book.
我们一起挑选了礼物。
Wǒmen yīqǐ tiāoxuǎnle lǐwù.
We picked out gifts together.
抛弃 (pāoqì)
abandon
舍弃 (shěqì)
discard
The Chinese word 挑选 (tiāoxuǎn) is a compound word consisting of two characters: 挑 (tiāo) and 选 (xuǎn). The character 挑 originally meant "to carry on a pole" or "to lift up," and later extended to mean "to select" or "to choose." The character 选 originally meant "to choose" or "to select," and later extended to mean "to examine" or "to inspect." When combined, the two characters 挑选 (tiāoxuǎn) mean "to select" or "to choose," with an emphasis on the idea of carefully examining and choosing from a group of options. The word 挑选 is commonly used in both spoken and written Chinese to express the action of selecting or choosing something after careful consideration.
