遴选 (lín xuǎn) — to select (candidates) for a position; to screen

Definition

Formal written verb for selecting or screening candidates for a position. Stronger and more official than the everyday verb 选.

verb
to select (candidates) for a positionto screen

Examples

  • 遴选。
    Zhè cì lín xuǎn rén cái de guò chéng fēi cháng yán gé.
    The process of selecting talent this time was very strict.
  • 遴选。
    Gōng sī tōng guò gōng kāi lín xuǎn zhǎo dào le hé shì de zǒng jīng lǐ.
    The company found a suitable general manager through open selection.
  • 遴选。
    Zhè xiàng zhèng cè yǒu zhù yú gōng píng lín xuǎn yōu xiù gōng wù yuán.
    This policy helps to fairly select excellent civil servants.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

遴línselect
选xuǎnchoose

遴 and 选 both mean choose, so together they express selecting candidates.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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