另选

另選

lìngxuǎn

verb #32,470

Meanings

1 to choose another
2 to select an alternative

Characters

separately / another

to choose / select

Examples

HSK 4

如果这个方案不行，我们就另选一个。

Rúguǒ zhè ge fāng'àn bùxíng, wǒmen jiù lìngxuǎn yí gè.

If this plan doesn't work, we'll pick another one.

HSK 7-9

原候选人退出后，组委会只好另选他人。

Yuán hòuxuǎnrén tuìchū hòu, zǔwěihuì zhǐhǎo lìngxuǎn tārén.

After the original candidate withdrew, the committee had no choice but to select someone else.

Tips

usage

另 (lìng, 'separately / in addition') prefixes a verb to mean 'do that verb again with a different object'. Compare 另选 (choose differently), 另购 (buy another one), 另议 (discuss separately). The most common formal collocation is 另选他人 ('choose someone else').

Stroke Order

另 lìng

选 xuǎn