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选票

xuǎn piào

2-character word Traditional 選票 Measure word 张

What 选票 means

1. a vote; ballot

The characters in 选票

• 选xuǎnto choose; to pick; to select
• 票piàoticket; ballot; banknote

Example sentences

• 我们需要每个人的选票。
  We need everyone's vote.
• 社会主义党仅仅获得了百分之18的选票。
  Shèhuìzhǔyì dǎng jǐnjǐn huòdé le bǎifēnzhī 18 de xuǎnpiào.
  The Socialist Party only got 18% of the votes.
• 对于那些现在没有投票给我的美国人，我想说，我可能没有赢得你们的选票，但是我听到了你们的声音，我需要你们的帮助，而且我也将是你们的总统
  Duìyú nàxiē xiànzài méiyǒu tóupiào gěi wǒ de Měiguórén, wǒ xiǎng shuō, wǒ kěnéng méiyǒu yíngdé nǐmen de xuǎnpiào, dànshì wǒ tīngdào le nǐmen de shēngyīn, wǒ xūyào nǐmen de bāngzhù, érqiě wǒ yě jiāng shì nǐmen de zǒngtǒng
  And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too.
• 今年，在这场选举中，她用手指触摸屏幕投下自己的选票，因为在美国生活了106年之后，经历了最好的时光和最黑暗的时刻之后，她知道美国如何能够发生变革。
  Jīnnián, zài zhè chǎng xuǎnjǔ zhōng, tā yòng shǒuzhǐ chùmōpíngmù tóu xià zìjǐ de xuǎnpiào, yīnwèi zài Měiguó shēnghuó le 106 nián zhīhòu, jīnglì le zuì hǎo de shíguāng hé zuì hēi'àn de shíkè zhīhòu, tā zhīdào Měiguó rúhé nénggòu fāshēng biàngé.
  And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote; because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change.

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