Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 选

to choose
to pick
to select
to elect

to choose

voter
constituency
electorate

to select and send over

available
optional

to elect
to choose

to select a suitable site
site
location

to select; to choose; to decide on

athlete
contestant

to choose
to select

chosen and called

election campaign

carefully chosen
handpicked
best of the bunch
choice (product)
concentration (mining)
to concentrate
to winnow

to be included among those selected for

(literary) a little while

to select on the basis of a vote or consensus

to take part in an election
to run for office

product selection

to cast actors for a film, play etc

reelection
to reelect

beauty contest

to choose for some purpose
to select and use

to select

to pick out
to select
to elect

to optimize
preferred

direct election

to fail to be chosen (or elected)
to lose an election

(software) menu

universal suffrage

to select
(computing) to click on (one of several options)
to navigate to (a webpage)

to buy votes (in an election)

to be a candidate in an election or other selection process
to run for office
to turn out to vote

to select
to sort out

selective listening (linguistics)

general election

to select courses

to select and edit
to compile

to call for entries and select the best
to solicit (entries, submissions, applications etc)
to select (the best candidate)
contest
competition

to select; to pick

(at a school) to take as an elective
an elective
elective (subject)

to select
to choose
to settle on

preselection
short-listing
primary election

choice of person
candidate

option; alternative; choice
to choose a project

a vote; ballot
CL:張／张 (zhāng)

to select talented individuals
(sports) draft

to decant
to strain off

to be elected

anthology
selected works

to filter

electoral district
constituency

newly elected

to pick
to choose
to select

to choose an appropriate location

selected works (poems, documents etc); anthology

to vote by ballot

to select and purchase
to buy

an excerpt
a digest

to assist in a candidate's election campaign (Tw)

to choose by oneself
free to choose
optional
self-service

anthology

to withdraw from an election
to drop out of an elective course

to select
to detail
to set apart
to appoint

Wang Xuan (1937-2006), Chinese printing industry innovator

excerpt
selection (from a book)
to select
to choose an extract

compilation
selected works

primary election

democratically elected

alternative (plan, arrangement, strategy etc)

selected outstanding scholars (in former times)
cream of the crop

(in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.)
(in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers
(in the entertainment industry) open audition

to select (one or more options from a list)
to check (a box)

to win an election

selected (for admission)
elected

flotation process

to elect
election
CL:次 (cì),個／个 (gè)

optional (equipment)

by-election

to be chosen; to be selected

the state of play in an election
the current state of a candidate's campaign

to select the best

candidate (attributive)

to be elected
to be selected

to choose freely; to pick whichever one fancies

to select; to pick
choice; option; alternative

seed selection
breeding

Selected Works of Mao Zedong (abbr. for 毛澤東選集／毛泽东选集 ( Máo Zédōng Xuǎnjí))

first choice
premium
to come first in the imperial examinations

multiple-choice question

optional course (in school)

voter turnout

voter
elector

Electoral College (of the United States)

check box

universal suffrage

suffrage

Ministry of Examination, Taiwan

Ye Xuanping (1924-2019), former Governor of Guangdong 廣東／广东 ( Guǎngdōng)

multiple-choice question

election participant
candidate

selective
selectiveness
selectivity

candidate
CL:名 (míng)

duōdǎngxuǎnjǔ

multiparty election

yǒuxuǎnjǔquán

constituent

xuǎnjǔfǎtíng

election court

qiāntiāowànxuǎn

to select very carefully

Xuǎnjǔréntuán

Electoral College (of the United States)

jìngxuǎnhuódòng

(election) campaign

xuǎnmíndēngjì

voter registration

jìngxuǎnfùshǒu

election assistant
running mate

xuǎnměibǐsài

beauty contest

quánjīxuǎnshǒu

boxer

bùjiāxuǎnzé

indiscriminate

biéwúxuǎnzé

to have no other choice

dúlìxuǎnmín

independent voter

special choice
special reserve

juéxuǎnmíngdān

short list

bèixuǎnjǔquán

the right to be elected
the right to stand for election

jīngtiāoxìxuǎn

to select very carefully

děng'éxuǎnjǔ

non-competitive election (i.e. with as many candidates as there are seats)
single-candidate election

xuǎnxiùjiémù

talent show
talent competition

chā'éxuǎnjǔ

competitive election (i.e. with more candidates than seats)

jìngxuǎndādàng

election partner
running mate

zhǒngzixuǎnshǒu

seeded player

jiànjiēxuǎnjǔ

indirect election

zhíjiēxuǎnjǔ

direct election

zǒngtǒngdàxuǎn

presidential election

gòngtóngshāixuǎn

collaborative filtering

zǒngtǒngxuǎnjǔ

presidential election

xuǎnměihuánghòu

beauty queen

zìránxuǎnzé

natural selection

lìwěixuǎnjǔ

legislative elections

Xuǎnjǔ Wěiyuánhuì

选举委员会

[選舉委員會]

Election Committee (Hong Kong)

xuǎnmíncānjiālü

选民参加率

[選民參加率]

voter participation rate

Máo Zédōng Xuǎnjí

毛泽东选集

[毛澤東選集]

Selected Works of Mao Zedong

kěxuǎnzédiūqì

可选择丢弃

[可選擇丟棄]

discard eligible (Frame Relay)
DE

zìyóuxuǎnzéquán

自由选择权

[自由選擇權]

free agency

Shìjiè Xiǎojie Xuǎnměi

世界小姐选美

[世界小姐選美]

Miss World Beauty Pageant