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候选

hòu xuǎn

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 候選

What 候选 means

1. candidate (attributive)

The characters in 候选

• 候hòuto wait; to inquire after; to watch
• 选xuǎnto choose; to pick; to select

Example sentences

• 什幺时候选举？
  When are the elections?
• 他是市长的候选人之一。
  He is one of the candidates running for mayor.
• 他是其中一个市长的候选人。
  Tā shì qízhōng yī gè shìzhǎng de hòuxuǎnrén.
  He is one of the candidates running for mayor.
• 他是那个职位最有希望的候选人。
  Tā shì nàge zhíwèi zuì yǒuxīwàng de hòuxuǎnrén.
  He was the strongest candidate for the position.
• 奇怪的是，谁也没有投那候选人一票。
  Strange to say, no one voted for the candidate.
• 他摘下了面具，卸下了伪装。极右翼候选人的意图已昭然若揭。
  He's taken off his mask, torn off his costume. There's no doubt now about what the far-right candidate intends.

Words starting with 候选

• 候选人hòu xuǎn réncandidate

Where 候选 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · hóng–hū (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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