另选 (lìng xuǎn) — to select someone or something else; to choose a different one

Definition

verb
to select someone or something elseto choose a different one

Examples

  • ，另选。
    Rú guǒ zhè ge fāng àn bù xíng, wǒ men kě yǐ lìng xuǎn yí gè gèng hǎo de.
    If this plan doesn't work, we can choose a better one.
  • 另选。
    Miàn shì guān jué dìng lìng xuǎn yí wèi hòu xuǎn rén cān jiā fù shì.
    The interviewer decided to select another candidate to participate in the second interview.
  • ，另选。
    Rú guǒ zhè ge yán sè bù xǐ huan, nǐ kě yǐ lìng xuǎn yì zhǒng yán sè.
    If you don't like this color, you can choose another one.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

另lìngother
选xuǎnchoose

另 (other) and 选 (choose) combine to mean choosing another one.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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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