你可以用
:not(:has(td))
在选择器中,所以它应该是
$('td:contains("label1"):not(:has(td))').next().text()
这将选择
td
包含
label1
td
因为它还有一个
在…内
var el = $('td:contains("label1"):not(:has(td))').next()
$('#result').text(el.text())
el.css('background', 'blue')
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<table>
<tr>
<td id="outer">
<table>
<tr>
<td id="known-info">label1</td>
<td id="want-to-select">value1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>label2</td>
<td>value2</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
<td id="outer-sibling">something else</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br/> This should be "value1": "<span id="result"></span>"