Chinese symbol for “selective”
选择性
xuǎn zé xìng
Traditional: 選擇性
selective; selectiveness; selectivity
The closest CC-CEDICT match for selective is 选择性 (xuǎn zé xìng), defined as: selective; selectiveness; selectivity.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 选择性.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 选择 (選擇) | xuǎn zé | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative |
| 选举 (選舉) | xuǎn jǔ | to elect; election |
| 当选 (當選) | dāng xuǎn | to be elected; to be selected |
| 选手 (選手) | xuǎn shǒu | athlete; contestant |
| 候选人 (候選人) | hòu xuǎn rén | candidate; measure word: 名 (míng) |
| 选民 (選民) | xuǎn mín | voter; constituency |
| 抉择 (抉擇) | jué zé | to choose (literary) |
| 别无选择 (別無選擇) | bié wú xuǎn zé | to have no other choice |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
See also: Japanese symbol for “selective”.
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.
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