"揀" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡ɕiɛn⁵³/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /kaːn³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kan⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /kan²¹³/ [Gan, Nanchang, Sinological-IPA], /ki̯en³¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /ki̯an³¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Sinological-IPA, Sixian, Southern], /kian³¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /t͡ɕie⁵³/ [Jin, Sinological-IPA, Taiyuan], /kɛiŋ³³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /kiɪŋ⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei, Xiamen], /kiɪŋ⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /keŋ⁴²/ [Hokkien, Singapore], /kuĩ⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Jinjiang, Philippines, Quanzhou], /kãi⁵³/ [Hokkien, Kinmen], /kãi³¹/ [Hokkien, Tong'an], /kan⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /kan⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /kan⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kõĩ⁵²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /kãĩ⁵²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /kaŋ⁵²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /kan⁴¹/ [Changsha, Sinological-IPA, Xiang], /t͡ɕi̯ẽ⁴¹/ [Changsha, Sinological-IPA, Xiang], /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/, /t͡ɕiɛn⁵³/, /kaːn³⁵/, /kan⁵⁵/, /kan²¹³/, /ki̯en³¹/, /ki̯an³¹/, /kian³¹/, /t͡ɕie⁵³/, /kɛiŋ³³/, /kiɪŋ⁵³/, /kiɪŋ⁴¹/, /keŋ⁴²/, /kuĩ⁵⁵⁴/, /kãi⁵³/, /kãi³¹/, /kan⁵³/, /kan⁵⁵⁴/, /kan⁴¹/, /kõĩ⁵²/, /kãĩ⁵²/, /kaŋ⁵²/, /ke³⁴/, /kan⁴¹/, /t͡ɕi̯ẽ⁴¹/ Chinese transliterations: jiǎn [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], jian³ [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄐㄧㄢˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], jian³ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], gaan² [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], gan² [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], gan³ [Gan, Wiktionary-specific], kién [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], kián [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], gian³ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], jie² [Jin, Wiktionary-specific], gēng, kéng [Hokkien, POJ], kúiⁿ [Hokkien, POJ], káiⁿ [Hokkien, POJ], kán [Hokkien, POJ], goin² [Peng'im, Teochew], gain² [Peng'im, Teochew], gang² [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁵ke, gan³, jienn³, jiǎn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄐㄧㄢˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jiǎn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chien³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], jyǎn [Mandarin, Yale], jean [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], цзянь [Mandarin, Palladius], czjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], gian [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], gaan² [Cantonese, Jyutping], gáan [Cantonese, Yale], gaan² [Cantonese, Pinyin], gan² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], gan² [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], gan³ [Gan, Nanchang, Wiktionary-specific], kién [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], gien` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], gian³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], kián [Hakka, Meinong, Phak-fa-su, Sixian, Southern], gian` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], gian³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], jie² [Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary-specific], gēng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], kíng [Hokkien, Tai-lo], keang [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], kuínn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kvuie [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], káinn [Hokkien, Tai-lo], kvae [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], kán [Hokkien, Tai-lo], karn [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], kóiⁿ [POJ, Teochew], káiⁿ [POJ, Teochew], káng [POJ, Teochew], ⁵ke [Wu], ke^去 [Wu], ²ke [Wu], /ke³⁴/ [Wu], gan³ [Changsha, Wiktionary-specific, Xiang], jienn³ [Changsha, Wiktionary-specific, Xiang], keanX [Middle-Chinese], lenH [Middle-Chinese], /*kˤr[a]nʔ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*kreːnʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang], /*ɡ·reːns/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Compare Thai กลั่น (glàn, “to distill; to extract”) (Schuessler, 2007). Etymology templates: {{cog|th|กลั่น||to distill; to extract}} Thai กลั่น (glàn, “to distill; to extract”), {{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}} Schuessler, 2007 Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 揀
  1. to choose; to pick
    Sense id: en-揀-zh-character-YG7wClSK
  2. Alternative form of 撿/捡 (“to pick up”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: (extra: to pick up), (extra: to pick up)
    Sense id: en-揀-zh-character-8cbsXOHj Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Elementary Mandarin Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Elementary Mandarin: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: (qǔ), 取捨 (qǔshě), 取舍 (qǔshě), 抉擇 (juézé), 抉择 (juézé), 挑選 (tiāoxuǎn), 挑选 (tiāoxuǎn), (lún) [literary], (lún) [literary], 採擇 (cǎizé), 采择 (cǎizé), 揀擇 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 拣择 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 揀選 (jiǎnxuǎn), 拣选 (jiǎnxuǎn), , 摘揀 [Hokkien], 摘拣 [Hokkien], 看中 (kànzhòng), 相中, (jiǎn) [in-compounds, literary], (jiǎn) [in-compounds, literary], 選中 (xuǎnzhòng), 选中 (xuǎnzhòng), 選取 (xuǎnqǔ), 选取 (xuǎnqǔ), 選定 (xuǎndìng), 选定 (xuǎndìng), 選擇 (xuǎnzé), 选择 (xuǎnzé) Derived forms: 不揀 (bùjiǎn), 不拣 (bùjiǎn), 千揀萬揀,揀個爛燈盞, 千拣万拣,拣个烂灯盏, 千揀萬揀,揀個爛燈膽, 千拣万拣,拣个烂灯胆, 披沙揀金, 披沙拣金, 挑三揀四, 挑三拣四, 挑揀 (tiāojiǎn), 挑拣 (tiāojiǎn), 挑毛揀刺, 挑毛拣刺, 挑肥揀瘦 (tiāoféijiǎnshòu), 挑肥拣瘦 (tiāoféijiǎnshòu), 揀佛燒香, 拣佛烧香, 揀便宜, 拣便宜, 揀別, 拣别, 揀啊揀,揀著一個賣龍眼/揀啊揀,揀著一個賣龍眼/拣啊拣,拣着一个卖龙眼 (kéng--ah kéng, kéng-tio̍h chi̍t ê bē lêng-géng) [Hokkien], 揀妝, 拣妆, 揀字, 拣字, 揀手, 拣手, 揀擇 (jiǎnzé), 拣择 (jiǎnzé), 揀樓, 拣楼, 揀破爛, 拣破烂, 揀精揀肥, 拣精拣肥, 揀蟀, 拣蟀, 揀衣挑食, 拣衣挑食, 揀選 (jiǎnxuǎn), 拣选 (jiǎnxuǎn), 揀飲擇食, 拣饮择食, 翻揀, 翻拣

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "bùjiǎn",
      "word": "不揀"
    },
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      "roman": "bùjiǎn",
      "word": "不拣"
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      "word": "千揀萬揀,揀個爛燈盞"
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      "word": "千拣万拣,拣个烂灯盏"
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      "word": "披沙揀金"
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      "word": "披沙拣金"
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      "word": "挑三揀四"
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      "word": "挑三拣四"
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      "roman": "tiāojiǎn",
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      "word": "挑拣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "挑毛揀刺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "挑毛拣刺"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tiāoféijiǎnshòu",
      "word": "挑肥揀瘦"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tiāoféijiǎnshòu",
      "word": "挑肥拣瘦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "揀佛燒香"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "拣佛烧香"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "揀便宜"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "拣便宜"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "揀妝"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "拣妆"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "揀字"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "拣字"
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      "word": "揀手"
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      "roman": "jiǎnzé",
      "word": "揀擇"
    },
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      "roman": "jiǎnzé",
      "word": "拣择"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "揀樓"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "拣楼"
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      "word": "揀破爛"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "拣破烂"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "揀精揀肥"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "拣精拣肥"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "揀蟀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "拣蟀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "揀衣挑食"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "拣衣挑食"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiǎnxuǎn",
      "word": "揀選"
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      "roman": "jiǎnxuǎn",
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      "word": "揀飲擇食"
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      "word": "拣饮择食"
    },
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      "word": "翻揀"
    },
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        "to choose; to pick"
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        }
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          "pick up",
          "pick up"
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      "zh-pron": "jiǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jian³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jian³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kién"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gian³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jie²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "gēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kúiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "káiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goin²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gain²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gang²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵ke"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "gan³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "jienn³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chien³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jean"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цзянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "czjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiɛn⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gáan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gan³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kién"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gien`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gian³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki̯en³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gian`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gian³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki̯an³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kian³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jie²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕie⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gēng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɛiŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/keŋ⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kuínn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kvuie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuĩ⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Philippines",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "káinn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kvae"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kãi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kinmen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kãi³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tong'an"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "karn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kóiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "káiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "káng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõĩ⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kãĩ⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaŋ⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵ke"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ke^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²ke"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ke³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jienn³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ẽ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keanX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lenH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kˤr[a]nʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kreːnʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡ·reːns/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ kúiⁿ /"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ gain² /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiɛn⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːn³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki̯en³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki̯an³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kian³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕie⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɛiŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/keŋ⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuĩ⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kãi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kãi³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/kúiⁿ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ gain² /"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ káiⁿ /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõĩ⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kãĩ⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaŋ⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ke³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ẽ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[a]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kreːnʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡ·reːns/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǔ",
      "word": "取"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǔshě",
      "word": "取捨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǔshě",
      "word": "取舍"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "juézé",
      "word": "抉擇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "juézé",
      "word": "抉择"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tiāoxuǎn",
      "word": "挑選"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tiāoxuǎn",
      "word": "挑选"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lún",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "掄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lún",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "抡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cǎizé",
      "word": "採擇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cǎizé",
      "word": "采择"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "揀擇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "拣择"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiǎnxuǎn",
      "word": "揀選"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiǎnxuǎn",
      "word": "拣选"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "摘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "摘揀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "摘拣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kànzhòng",
      "word": "看中"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "相中"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiǎn",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "簡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiǎn",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "简"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xuǎnzhòng",
      "word": "選中"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xuǎnzhòng",
      "word": "选中"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xuǎnqǔ",
      "word": "選取"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xuǎnqǔ",
      "word": "选取"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xuǎndìng",
      "word": "選定"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xuǎndìng",
      "word": "选定"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xuǎnzé",
      "word": "選擇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xuǎnzé",
      "word": "选择"
    }
  ],
  "word": "揀"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min verbs",
    "Elementary Mandarin",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "bùjiǎn",
      "word": "不揀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bùjiǎn",
      "word": "不拣"
    },
    {
      "word": "千揀萬揀,揀個爛燈盞"
    },
    {
      "word": "千拣万拣,拣个烂灯盏"
    },
    {
      "word": "千揀萬揀,揀個爛燈膽"
    },
    {
      "word": "千拣万拣,拣个烂灯胆"
    },
    {
      "word": "披沙揀金"
    },
    {
      "word": "披沙拣金"
    },
    {
      "word": "挑三揀四"
    },
    {
      "word": "挑三拣四"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiāojiǎn",
      "word": "挑揀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiāojiǎn",
      "word": "挑拣"
    },
    {
      "word": "挑毛揀刺"
    },
    {
      "word": "挑毛拣刺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiāoféijiǎnshòu",
      "word": "挑肥揀瘦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiāoféijiǎnshòu",
      "word": "挑肥拣瘦"
    },
    {
      "word": "揀佛燒香"
    },
    {
      "word": "拣佛烧香"
    },
    {
      "word": "揀便宜"
    },
    {
      "word": "拣便宜"
    },
    {
      "word": "揀別"
    },
    {
      "word": "拣别"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kéng--ah kéng, kéng-tio̍h chi̍t ê bē lêng-géng",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "揀啊揀,揀著一個賣龍眼/揀啊揀,揀著一個賣龍眼/拣啊拣,拣着一个卖龙眼"
    },
    {
      "word": "揀妝"
    },
    {
      "word": "拣妆"
    },
    {
      "word": "揀字"
    },
    {
      "word": "拣字"
    },
    {
      "word": "揀手"
    },
    {
      "word": "拣手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎnzé",
      "word": "揀擇"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎnzé",
      "word": "拣择"
    },
    {
      "word": "揀樓"
    },
    {
      "word": "拣楼"
    },
    {
      "word": "揀破爛"
    },
    {
      "word": "拣破烂"
    },
    {
      "word": "揀精揀肥"
    },
    {
      "word": "拣精拣肥"
    },
    {
      "word": "揀蟀"
    },
    {
      "word": "拣蟀"
    },
    {
      "word": "揀衣挑食"
    },
    {
      "word": "拣衣挑食"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎnxuǎn",
      "word": "揀選"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎnxuǎn",
      "word": "拣选"
    },
    {
      "word": "揀飲擇食"
    },
    {
      "word": "拣饮择食"
    },
    {
      "word": "翻揀"
    },
    {
      "word": "翻拣"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "กลั่น",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to distill; to extract"
      },
      "expansion": "Thai กลั่น (glàn, “to distill; to extract”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Schuessler, 2007"
      },
      "expansion": "Schuessler, 2007",
      "name": "zh-ref"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Thai กลั่น (glàn, “to distill; to extract”) (Schuessler, 2007).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "揀",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to choose; to pick"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "choose",
          "choose"
        ],
        [
          "pick",
          "pick"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "to pick up",
          "word": "撿"
        },
        {
          "extra": "to pick up",
          "word": "捡"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of 撿/捡 (“to pick up”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "撿",
          "撿#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "捡",
          "捡#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "pick up",
          "pick up"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jian³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jian³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kién"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gian³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jie²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "gēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kéng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kúiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "káiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goin²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gain²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gang²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵ke"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "gan³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "jienn³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chien³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jean"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цзянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "czjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiɛn⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gáan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gaan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gan³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan²¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Nanchang",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kién"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gien`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gian³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki̯en³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kián"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gian`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gian³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki̯an³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kian³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jie²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕie⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taiyuan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gēng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɛiŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kíng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keang"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/keŋ⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kuínn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kvuie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuĩ⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Philippines",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "káinn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kvae"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kãi⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kinmen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kãi³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tong'an"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "karn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kóiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "káiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "káng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõĩ⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kãĩ⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaŋ⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵ke"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ke^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²ke"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ke³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jienn³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ẽ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Changsha",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Xiang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "keanX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lenH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kˤr[a]nʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kreːnʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡ·reːns/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ kúiⁿ /"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ gain² /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiɛn⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːn³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan²¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki̯en³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki̯an³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kian³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕie⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɛiŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kiɪŋ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/keŋ⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kuĩ⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kãi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kãi³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/kúiⁿ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ gain² /"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ káiⁿ /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõĩ⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kãĩ⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaŋ⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ke³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ẽ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[a]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kreːnʔ/"
    },
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      "other": "/*ɡ·reːns/"
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      "word": "取"
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      "roman": "qǔshě",
      "word": "取捨"
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      "word": "抉擇"
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      "word": "抉择"
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      "word": "挑選"
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      "word": "掄"
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      "roman": "lún",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
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      "word": "抡"
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      "word": "採擇"
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      "word": "采择"
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      "word": "揀擇"
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      "word": "揀選"
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      "word": "拣选"
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      "word": "摘"
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        "Hokkien"
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      "word": "摘揀"
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      "word": "摘拣"
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      "word": "看中"
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      "word": "相中"
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        "literary"
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      "word": "簡"
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        "literary"
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      "word": "简"
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      "word": "選中"
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      "word": "選取"
    },
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      "word": "选取"
    },
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      "word": "選定"
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      "word": "选定"
    },
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      "word": "選擇"
    },
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      "roman": "xuǎnzé",
      "word": "选择"
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