选拔

选拔 xuǎnbá

Selects (the best)

选拔 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體選拔 xuanba

What 选拔 means

Selects (the best)

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Character by character

选拔 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

选

xuǎn

Choose (elect - vote - selection - collection)

拔

bá

Pull out (select - raise)

Words that share a character with 选拔

How to write 选拔

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选拔 in a sentence

公司从中选拔了三名骨干。

Gōngsī cóng zhōng xuǎnbá le sān míng gǔgàn.

The company selected three key staff from among them.

选拔标准非常严格。

Xuǎnbá biāozhǔn fēicháng yángé.

The selection criteria are extremely strict.

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Questions about 选拔

What does 选拔 mean in English?

选拔 is pronounced xuǎnbá and means Selects (the best).

How do you pronounce 选拔?

选拔 is xuǎnbá in pinyin — written xuanba without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 选拔?

选拔 is written with 2 characters: 选 (xuǎn) Choose (elect - vote - selection - collection), 拔 (bá) Pull out (select - raise). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 选拔 written in traditional Chinese?

選拔. The simplified form 选拔 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 選拔 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced xuǎnbá.

Is 选拔 an HSK word?

Yes — 选拔 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

Studied around the same time

悬殊 xuánshū 悬崖峭壁 xuányáqiàobì 旋律 xuánlǜ 旋转 xuánzhuǎn 选举 xuǎnjǔ 选手 xuǎnshǒu 炫耀 xuànyào 削弱 xuēruò

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