选择 選擇 xuǎn zé to select / to pick / choice / option / alternative syn 冷静 冷靜 lěng jìng calm / cool-headed / dispassionate / (of a place) deserted / quiet syn 清醒 qīng xǐng clear-headed / sober / awake syn 宁可 寧可 nìng kě preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils syn 选出 選出 xuǎn chū to pick out / to select / to elect syn 鲁莽 魯莽 lǔ mǎng hot-headed / impulsive / reckless syn 迷糊 mí hu muddle-headed / dazed / only half conscious syn 指点 指點 zhǐ diǎn to point out / to indicate / to give directions / to show how (to do sth) / to censure / to pick at syn 混沌 hùn dùn primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology) / (of a situation) confused / chaotic / (of a person) muddle-headed / simple-minded syn 秃子 禿子 tū zi bald-headed person / baldy syn 单枪匹马 單槍匹馬 dān qiāng pǐ mǎ lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed / unaccompanied syn 找茬 zhǎo chá to pick fault with / to spot the differences / to nitpick / to pick a quarrel / to find complaint with 接送 jiē sòng to pick up and drop off / to ferry back and forth syn 破镜重圆 破鏡重圓 pò jìng chóng yuán a shattered mirror put back together (idiom) / (of marriage) to pick up the pieces and start anew / for a separated couple to reconcile and reunite syn 找事 zhǎo shì to look for employment / to pick a quarrel syn 甄选 甄選 zhēn xuǎn to select / to pick syn 起色 qǐ sè a turn for the better / to pick up / to improve syn 分文 fēn wén a single penny / a single cent 为首 為首 wéi shǒu head / be headed by syn 采摘 採摘 cǎi zhāi to pluck / to pick syn 剔牙 tī yá to pick one's teeth 回升 huí shēng to rise again after a fall / to pick up / rally (stock market etc) syn 拾掇 shí duō to clear up / to tidy up / to pick up syn 挑拣 挑揀 tiāo jiǎn to pick and choose / to select syn 提速 tí sù to increase the specified cruising speed / to pick up speed / to speed up syn 任选 任選 rèn xuǎn to choose freely / to pick whichever one fancies 提货 提貨 tí huò to accept delivery of goods / to pick up goods 没说的 沒說的 méi shuō de nothing to pick on / really good / nothing to discuss / settled matter / no problem 遴选 遴選 lín xuǎn to pick / to choose / to select syn 撷取 擷取 xié qǔ to pick / to select / to take / to capture (data) / to acquire / to pick up (a signal) 寻衅 尋釁 xún xìn to pick a quarrel / to start a fight syn 扒窃 扒竊 pá qiè to steal / to pick pockets / to frisk syn 拾取 shí qǔ to pick up / to collect syn 多头 多頭 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment) syn 拾金不昧 shí jīn bù mèi to pick up money and not hide it (idiom) / to return property to its owner 拿起 ná qǐ to pick up 摘下 zhāi xià to take off / to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) / to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) / (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc) 勾起 gōu qǐ to evoke / to induce / to call to mind / to pick up with a hook 泡妞 pào niū to pick up girls / to play around with girls / to chase after girls 单挑 單挑 dān tiāo to pick / to choose / to fight a duel 重拾 chóng shí to pick up (a theme etc) / to regain (confidence) / to revive (a custom, friendship etc) 相中 xiāng zhòng to find to one's taste / to pick (after looking at) / Taiwan pr. [xiang4 zhong4] syn 单层 單層 dān céng single layer / single story / single deck / single level 采花 採花 cǎi huā to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women 白术 白朮 bái zhú the rhizome of large-headed atractylodes (Atractylodes macrocephaia) 拾得 shí dé to find / to pick up / to collect 采食 採食 cǎi shí to forage / to gather for eating / to pick and eat 拈花惹草 niān huā rě cǎo lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats syn 战斗群 戰鬥群 zhàn dòu qún battle group / naval formation headed by an aircraft carrier 饥不择食 飢不擇食 jī bù zé shí when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom) / beggars can't be choosers / When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives. syn 拾掇 shí duo to clear up / to tidy up / to pick up / to repair syn 丢三落四 丟三落四 diū sān là sì forgetful / empty-headed syn 选 選 xuǎn to choose / to pick / to select / to elect syn 挑 tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick syn 泡 pào bubble / foam / blister / to soak / to steep / to infuse / to dawdle / to loiter / to pick up (a girl) / to get off with (a sexual partner) / classifier for occurrences of an action / classifier for number of infusions syn 捡 撿 jiǎn to pick up / to collect / to gather syn 拔 bá to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize syn 精 jīng essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic) syn 摘 zhāi to take / to pick (flowers, fruit etc) / to pluck / to remove / to take off (glasses, hat etc) / to select / to pick out / to borrow money at a time of urgent need syn 掐 qiā to pick (flowers) / to pinch / to nip / to pinch off / to clutch / (slang) to fight syn 叉 chā fork / pitchfork / prong / pick / cross / intersect / "X" syn 拾 shí to pick up / to collate or arrange / ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn 拣 揀 jiǎn to choose / to pick / to sort out / to pick up syn 盛 chéng to hold / to contain / to ladle / to pick up with a utensil syn 择 擇 zé to select / to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to differentiate / to eliminate / also pr. [zhai2] syn 择 擇 zhái to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to take out / to eliminate syn 抠 摳 kōu to dig / to pick / to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / stingy / miserly / to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe) syn 剔 tī to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out syn 撮 cuō to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips / to scoop up / to collect together / to extract / to gather up / classifier: pinch / Taiwan pr. [cuo4] syn 镐 鎬 gǎo a pick syn 作东 作東 zuò dōng to host (a dinner) / to treat / to pick up the check syn 掇 duō to pick up / to collect / to gather up 昏聩 昏聵 hūn kuì muddle-headed syn 镊 鑷 niè (bound form) tweezers / to use tweezers (to grasp, pick up, or pull out etc, depending on whether the following resultative verb is 住[zhu4] or 起[qi3] or 出[chu1] etc) syn 搛 jiān to pick up with chopsticks syn 拾零 shí líng to pick up bits / to collect scrap material / tidbits / gleanings (used as gossip) 章回小说 章回小說 zhāng huí xiǎo shuō novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet 拾人牙慧 shí rén yá huì to pick up what others say (idiom) / to pass off other people's opinions as one's own / to parrot 串味 chuàn wèi to become tainted with the smell of sth else / to pick up an odor 抉 jué to pick out / to single out 摭 zhí pick up / to select 一 yī one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit syn 房子 fáng zi house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1] syn 单 單 dān bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 单身 單身 dān shēn unmarried / single / alone syn 一次性 yī cì xìng one-off (offer) / one-time / single-use / disposable (goods) 单身汉 單身漢 dān shēn hàn bachelor / single man syn 字典 zì diǎn Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL:本[ben3] 单干 單幹 dān gàn to work on one's own / to work single-handed / individual farming syn 单人 單人 dān rén one person / single (room, bed etc) syn 一窍不通 一竅不通 yī qiào bù tōng lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) / I don't understand a word (idiom) / it's all Greek to me syn 一身 yī shēn whole body / from head to toe / single person / a suit of clothes syn 独身 獨身 dú shēn unmarried / single / alone syn 里弄 lǐ lòng lanes and alleys / neighborhood / lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families syn 开刀 開刀 kāi dāo (of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (of a patient) to have an operation / to decapitate / to behead / to single out as a point of attack syn 单一 單一 dān yī single / only / sole syn 专一 專一 zhuān yī single-minded / concentrated syn 一心一意 yī xīn yī yì concentrating one's thoughts and efforts / single-minded / bent on / intently syn 