HSK 6 · Verbs

选拔 xuǎnbá “to select (the best)” in Chinese

Traditional 選拔

What 选拔 means

  1. to select (the best)
  2. to choose

How to say 选拔

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale选xuǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale拔bá2nd tone, rising

选拔 in a sentence

  1. 拉拉队的选拔在明天。

    Lālāduì de xuǎnbá zài míngtiān.

    Cheerleading trials are tomorrow.

    Sentence #13889023 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 选拔 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 选 (xuǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
选xuǎnto choose
  • 先first · xiānSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 先 (xiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with xuǎn.

The character 拔 (bá) with each of its parts in a different colour
拔báto pull up
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 犮to pull up · báSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 犮 (bá) hints at the sound. Compare it with bá.

How to write 选拔

选 9 strokes · 拔 8 strokes

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选拔 (xuǎnbá) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 选拔 (xuǎnbá). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 选拔

Words with 选

选xuǎn · to choose选择xuǎnzé · select选手xuǎnshǒu · competitor筛选shāixuǎn · to screen当选dāngxuǎn · to be elected候选hòuxuǎn · candidate竞选jìngxuǎn · to run for office选举xuǎnjǔ · to elect

Words with 拔

海拔hǎibá · height above sea level挺拔tǐngbá · tall and straight提拔tíbá · to promote (to a higher post)拔苗助长bámiáozhùzhǎng · to spoil things through haste (lit. pull shoots to help growth)

More words: Common Verbs

熄灭xīmiè · to go out牺牲xīshēng · to sacrifice修复xiūfù · to repair修建xiūjiàn · to build悬挂xuánguà · to hang炫耀xuànyào · to show off旋转xuánzhuǎn · to rotate削弱xuēruò · to weaken

FAQs

选拔 (xuǎnbá) means “to select (the best)” or “to choose”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xuǎnbá: xuǎn with a 3rd tone, then bá with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 选拔 is written 選拔. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xuanba with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 选拔 from the suggestions. Typing xuanba into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
选拔 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.