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选出 (xuǎn chū) — to select (and bring out), to elect, to pick out

Definition

选出 (xuǎn chū) is a resultative verb meaning to pick out / elect after choosing from a group — the 出 marks the result of selection. Compared with 选 (xuǎn), it emphasizes completing the pick and bringing the result forward.

verb
to select (and bring out)to electto pick out

Examples

  • 选出。
    Zhè cì xuǎn jǔ xuǎn chū le sān wèi xīn dài biǎo.
    Three new representatives were elected in this election.
  • 。
    Píng wěi cóng yì bǎi míng xuǎn shǒu zhōng xuǎn chū le shí míng jìn rù jué sài.
    The judges selected ten contestants from a hundred to enter the finals.
  • 。
    Qǐng cóng zhè xiē fāng àn zhōng xuǎn chū yí gè zuì hǎo de.
    Please pick out the best one from these proposals.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

选xuǎnselect
出chūout

选 select plus 出 out gives picking out or electing.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 選; 选 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
止止zhǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
巽
巽xùn選xuǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 選 combines 止 with 巽, which gives the sound xùn; its sense of choosing is explained as rejecting or sending someone back. Simplified 选 is a shorthand.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

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