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选举

xuǎn jǔ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 選舉 Measure word 次、个

选举 (xuǎn jǔ) means "to elect; election". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 选举 means

1. to elect
2. election

The characters in 选举

• 选xuǎnto choose; to pick; to select
• 举jǔto lift; to hold up; to cite

Example sentences

• 什幺时候选举？
  When are the elections?
• 选举何时举行？
  When do the elections take place?
• 选举一致通过了。
  The vote is unanimous.
• 美国妇女没有选举权。
  Měiguó fùnǚ méiyǒu xuǎnjǔquán.
  American women didn't have the right to vote.
• 他有机会赢得选举吗？
  Does he have a chance in winning the election?
• 汤姆很会预测选举结果。
  Tom did a good job predicting who would win the election.

Words starting with 选举

• 选举权xuǎn jǔ quánsuffrage
• 选举人xuǎn jǔ rénvoter; elector
• 选举团Xuǎn jǔ tuánElectoral College (of the United States)
• 选举人团Xuǎn jǔ rén tuánElectoral College (of the United States)
• 选举委员会Xuǎn jǔ Wěi yuán huìElection Committee (Hong Kong)
• 选举法庭xuǎn jǔ fǎ tíngelection court

Words containing 选举

• 中期选举zhōng qī xuǎn jǔmidterm election
• 立委选举lì wěi xuǎn jǔlegislative elections
• 总统选举zǒng tǒng xuǎn jǔpresidential election
• 被选举权bèi xuǎn jǔ quánthe right to be elected; the right to stand for election
• 间接选举jiàn jiē xuǎn jǔindirect election
• 直接选举zhí jiē xuǎn jǔdirect election
• 等额选举děng é xuǎn jǔnon-competitive election (i.e. with as many candidates as there are seats)…
• 差额选举chā é xuǎn jǔcompetitive election (i.e. with more candidates than seats)
• 多党选举duō dǎng xuǎn jǔmultiparty election

Where 选举 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Communication & Information Exchange (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xuǎn jǔ correctly.
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