精選

See also: 精选

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	to choose; to pick; to select to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
trad. (精選)		精	選
simp. (精选)		精	选

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīngxuǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥㄒㄩㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ syun²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-soán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīngxuǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄒㄩㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jingsyuǎn
  - Wade–Giles: ching¹-hsüan³
  - Yale: jīng-sywǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingsheuan
  - Palladius: цзинсюань (czinsjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing¹ syun²
  - Yale: jīng syún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ syn²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ xun²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ syːn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-soán
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-suán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengsoarn
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² suan⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ suan⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² suan⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ suan⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ suan⁴¹/

Verb

精選

to choose carefully; to handpick; to winnow; to be carefully chosen
精選集／精选集 ― jīngxuǎnjí ― special collection
(mining) to concentrate; to filter (to produce refined ore)

Derived terms

精選集 / 精选集 (jīngxuǎnjí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
精	選
せい Grade: 5	せん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーせん [sèéséń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [se̞ːsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

精(せい)選(せん) • (seisen)

careful selection

Verb

精(せい)選(せん)する • (seisen suru) suru (stem 精(せい)選(せん)し (seisen shi), past 精(せい)選(せん)した (seisen shita))

to choose carefully; to handpick; to winnow

Conjugation

Conjugation of "精選する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	精選し	せいせんし	seisen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	精選し	せいせんし	seisen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	精選する	せいせんする	seisen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	精選する	せいせんする	seisen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	精選すれ	せいせんすれ	seisen sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	精選せよ¹ 精選しろ²	せいせんせよ¹ せいせんしろ²	seisen seyo¹ seisen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	精選される	せいせんされる	seisen sareru
Causative	精選させる精選さす	せいせんさせるせいせんさす	seisen saseru seisen sasu
Potential	精選できる	せいせんできる	seisen dekiru
Volitional	精選しよう	せいせんしよう	seisen shiyō
Negative	精選しない	せいせんしない	seisen shinai
Negative continuative	精選せず	せいせんせず	seisen sezu
Formal	精選します	せいせんします	seisen shimasu
Perfective	精選した	せいせんした	seisen shita
Conjunctive	精選して	せいせんして	seisen shite
Hypothetical conditional	精選すれば	せいせんすれば	seisen sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“精選”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026