候
选
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Candidate in Chinese: 候选人 (hòu xuǎn rén)

hòu xuǎn rén

candidate

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 候選人1 example sentence

Definitions

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候
选
人

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄏㄡˋ

hòu

ㄏ/ hㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

ㄒㄩㄢˇ

xuǎn

ㄒ/ xㄩ/ üㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

ㄖㄣˊ

rén

ㄖ/ rㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

候选人

Simplified

候選人

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这次选举有三位候选人。

    zhè cì xuǎn jǔ yǒu sān wèi hòu xuǎn rén。

    There are three candidates in this election.

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Related words

人

rén

person

选

xuǎn

to choose

时候

shí hou

time

男人

nán rén

a man

女人

nǚ rén

woman

别人

bié ren

other people

客人

kè rén

visitor

选择

xuǎn zé

to select

气候

qì hòu

(meteorology) climate

等候

děng hòu

to wait

敌人

dí rén

enemy

个人

gè rén

individual

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