候選

See also: 候选

Chinese

		wait	to choose; to pick; to select to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
trad. (候選)		候	選
simp. (候选)		候	选

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòuxuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄒㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ syun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiō-soán / hāu-soán / hō͘-soán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòuxuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄒㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòusyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-hsüan³
    • Yale: hòu-sywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howsheuan
    • Palladius: хоусюань (xousjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ syun²
    • Yale: hauh syún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ syn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ xun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² syːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiō-soán
    • Tâi-lô: hiō-suán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hioixsoarn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hio⁴¹⁻²² suan⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-soán
    • Tâi-lô: hāu-suán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hauxsoarn
    • IPA (Taipei): /hau³³⁻¹¹ suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau³³⁻²¹ suan⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-soán
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-suán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxsoarn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ suan⁵³/

Verb

候選

1. to run for office
2. to be regarded as possibly suitable

   候選疫苗／候选疫苗  ―  hòuxuǎn yìmiáo  ―  vaccine candidate

3. (literary, historical) to await appointment by the imperial court

Derived terms

• 候選人／候选人 (hòuxuǎnrén)