選賢舉能

Chinese

		to choose; to pick; to select to choose; to pick; to select; to elect	worthy (person)	to lift; to hold up; to cite to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
trad. (選賢舉能)		選	賢	舉	能
simp. (选贤举能)		选	贤	举	能

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuǎnxiánjǔnéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄩˇ ㄋㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun² jin⁴ geoi² nang⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuǎnxiánjǔnéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄩˇ ㄋㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuǎnsiánjyǔnéng
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan³-hsien²-chü³-nêng²
    • Yale: sywǎn-syán-jyǔ-néng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuanshyanjeuneng
    • Palladius: сюаньсяньцзюйнэн (sjuanʹsjanʹczjujnɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun² jin⁴ geoi² nang⁴
    • Yale: syún yìhn géui nàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn² jin⁴ goey² nang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun² yin⁴ gêu² neng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn³⁵ jiːn²¹ kɵy̯³⁵ nɐŋ²¹/

Idiom

選賢舉能

1. Synonym of 選賢與能／选贤与能 (“to choose and appoint people of talents, virtue, and ability”)

See also

• 選舉／选举 (xuǎnjǔ, “to elect; election”)