Traditional: 择

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Translation

to choose, to pick (bound morpheme)

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Examples

jiān

This is a difficult choice.

You have to make a choice.

He chose to stay.

yán

Please choose a colour.

He chose a new path.

择 (zé) means to choose or pick. It is a bound morpheme in modern Mandarin and chiefly appears in 选择 (xuǎn zé), to choose.

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This word is part of lesson 105.