| zé | to select/to choose/to pick |
| zhái | pick over |
| 择 | to select to choose to pick |
| 择不开 | impossible to separate impossible to disentangle cannot take time out |
| 择业 | choose a job |
| 择交 | choose friends |
| 择伐 | selecting cutting; selection felling; selection cutting |
| 择优 | pick over; preferential |
| 择优定向 | [Geology] preferred orientation |
| 择优录取 | to enroll or employ on the basis of competitive selection |
| 择偶 | to choose a spouse |
| 择刺 | to pick out the bones in a fish |
| 择友 | choose friends |
| 择吉 | select an auspicious day |
| 择善固执 | to choose what is good and hold fast to it (idiom) |
| 择善而从 | to choose the right course and follow it (idiom) |
| 择定 | select (a date) |
| 择席 | be unable to sleep |
| 择日 | to fix a date (for an event) to select an auspicious date |
| 择日子 | to pick an auspicious day |
| 择日起程 | to fix a departure date |
| 择期 | to select a good time |