选自

選自
xuǎnzì
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 selected from
  2. 2 taken from (a book or collection)

Examples

HSK 5
Zhè shǒu shī xuǎnzì 《 Tángshī Sānbǎi Shǒu 》.
This poem is taken from Three Hundred Tang Poems.
HSK 7-9
本文选自作者的散文集,有删改。
Běnwén xuǎnzì zuòzhě de sǎnwénjí, yǒu shāngǎi.
This text is taken from the author's collection of essays, with some cuts and changes.

Tips

usage
A textbook and anthology formula naming where a text comes from: 选自 'selected from', 摘自 'excerpted from', 引自 'quoted from'. The source follows directly, usually a title in book-title brackets.

Stroke Order

选 xuǎn
自 zì