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

如果这个方案不行，我们就另选一个。

Rúguǒ zhège fāng'àn bùxíng, wǒmen jiù lìngxuǎn yī gè.

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

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