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
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): heu-sién

(Hailu, HRS): heu^˖ sien^ˊ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiō-soán / hāu-soán / hō͘-soán

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/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-sién
  - Hakka Romanization System: heu xien^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ xian³
  - Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ si̯en³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: heu^˖ sien^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /heu³³ sien²⁴/
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

to run for office
to be regarded as possibly suitable
候選疫苗／候选疫苗 ― hòuxuǎn yìmiáo ― vaccine candidate
(literary, historical) to await appointment by the imperial court

Derived terms

候選人 / 候选人 (hòuxuǎnrén)