候選人

See also: 候选人

Chinese

		to run for office; to be regarded as possibly suitable	man; person; people
trad. (候選人)		候選	人
simp. (候选人)		候选	人
alternative forms		候選儂／候选侬 (hāu-soán-lâng) Hokkien

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòuxuǎnrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ syun² jan⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): heu-sién-ngìn

  (Hailu, HRS): heu^˖ sien^ˊ ngin

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hō͘-soán-lîn / hāu-soán-lâng / hāu-soán-jîn / hāu-soán-lîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòuxuǎnrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòusyuǎnrén
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-hsüan³-jên²
    • Yale: hòu-sywǎn-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howsheuanren
    • Palladius: хоусюаньжэнь (xousjuanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ syun² jan⁴
    • Yale: hauh syún yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ syn² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ xun² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² syːn³⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-sién-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: heu xien^ˋ ngin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ xian³ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ si̯en³¹ ŋin¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: heu^˖ sien^ˊ ngin
    • Sinological IPA: /heu³³ sien²⁴⁻³³ ŋin⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-soán-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-suán-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxsoafnliin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-soán-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: hāu-suán-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hauxsoafnlaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hau²²⁻²¹ suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-soán-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: hāu-suán-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hauxsoafnjiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau³³⁻²¹ suan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-soán-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: hāu-suán-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hauxsoafnliin
    • IPA (Taipei): /hau³³⁻¹¹ suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/

Noun

候選人

1. candidate (person running in an election)

References

• “候選人”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• “Entry #2816”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.