What 候选 means
- Candidate (attributive)†
† Our own dictionary has no entry for 候选, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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候选 in a sentence
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What does 候选 mean in English?
候选 is pronounced hòuxuǎn and means Candidate (attributive) †.
How do you pronounce 候选?
候选 is hòuxuǎn in pinyin — written houxuan without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 候选?
候选 is written with 2 characters: 候 (hòu) Wait (state), 选 (xuǎn) Choose (elect - vote - selection - collection). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
How is 候选 written in traditional Chinese?
候選. The simplified form 候选 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 候選 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced hòuxuǎn.
Is 候选 an HSK word?
Yes — 候选 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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