Chinese symbol for “excerpt”
节选
jié xuǎn
Traditional: 節選
excerpt; selection (from a book); to select; to choose an extract
The closest CC-CEDICT match for excerpt is 节选 (jié xuǎn), defined as: excerpt; selection (from a book); to select; to choose an extract.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “excerpt”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 选录 (選錄) | xuǎn lù | an excerpt; a digest |
| 摘录 (摘錄) | zhāi lù | to extract; to excerpt |
| 节录 (節錄) | jié lù | to extract; to excerpt |
| 摘抄 | zhāi chāo | to extract; to excerpt |
| 摘记 (摘記) | zhāi jì | to take notes; to excerpt |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 节选.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 节目 (節目) | jié mù | (TV or radio) program; show; item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) |
| 细节 (細節) | xì jié | details; particulars |
| 情节 (情節) | qíng jié | circumstances; plot; storyline |
| 环节 (環節) | huán jié | (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc); (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy) |
| 节日 (節日) | jié rì | holiday; festival |
| 调节 (調節) | tiáo jié | to adjust; to regulate |
| 选择 (選擇) | xuǎn zé | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative |
| 选举 (選舉) | xuǎn jǔ | to elect; election |
See also: Japanese symbol for “excerpt”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.