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HSK
7-9

select

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

jian3 jiǎn

Meaning


Primary

select

Alternatives

choose, selects

Mnemonic


[ji-] Jimmy Neutron is in the [3] basement of the [-an] pawn shop where there is a HUGE 东 pouch of second-hand 扌 fingers in the middle of the cement floor. Jimmy reaches in with a special robotic claw trying to 拣 select the best one, as he needs it for a science experiment. He 拣 selects one 扌 finger after another from the 东 pouch, never satisfied with the one he 拣 selects.

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