Quick (Sucheng) code
手火(QF)
Pronunciation & meaning
- Pronunciation
Mandarinㄐㄧㄢˇ jiǎn
Cantonesegaan2
Taiwanesekíng
- Meaning
- choose; select; pick up; gather
- Kangxi Radical
- 手 · 12 strokes
Common words
- 揀選jiǎn xuǎnto select; to sort out
- 分揀fēn jiǎnto sort (mail)
- 挑揀tiāo jiǎnto pick and choose; to select
- 挑三揀四tiāo sān jiǎn sìto be picky; to be choosy
- 挑肥揀瘦tiāo féi jiǎn shòu(idiom) to cherry-pick; to pick the best parts for oneself; to be choosy
- 揀擇jiǎn zé(literary) to select; to choose
- 揀起jiǎn qǐto pick up
- 披沙揀金pī shā jiǎn jīn(lit.) to sort the gold from the sand (idiom); (fig.) to separate the wheat from the chaff
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