候補

Chinese

		wait	to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
trad. (候補)		候	補
simp. (候补)		候	补

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòubǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ bou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiō-pó͘ / hāu-pó͘ / hō͘-pó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòubǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòubǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-pu³
    • Yale: hòu-bǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howbuu
    • Palladius: хоубу (xoubu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ bou²
    • Yale: hauh bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² pou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiō-pó͘
    • Tâi-lô: hiō-póo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hioixpor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hio⁴¹⁻²² pɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-pó͘
    • Tâi-lô: hāu-póo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hauxpor
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau³³⁻²¹ pɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hau³³⁻¹¹ pɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hau²²⁻²¹ pɔ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-pó͘
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-póo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxpor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ pɔ⁵³/

Verb

候補

1. to be an alternate; to be a candidate for (for a vacancy, waiting list, etc.)

   候補中央委員／候补中央委员  ―  hòubǔ zhōngyāng wěiyuán  ―  alternate member of the Central Committee

2. (archaic) to temporarily fill a provincial or ministerial post prior to being assigned a permanent position by the Ministry for Personnel (during the Qing dynasty)

Noun

候補

1. alternate; candidate (for a vacancy, waiting list, etc.)

Derived terms

• 候補名單／候补名单 (hòubǔ míngdān)

 

References

• Three Departments and Six Ministries on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Kanji in this term
候	補
こう Grade: 4	ほ Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​ーほ [kóꜜòhò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːho̞]

Noun

候(こう)補(ほ) • (kōho) 

1. candidate

Synonyms

• 候(こう)補(ほ)者(しゃ) (kōhosha) (for persons only)

Korean

Hanja in this term
候	補

Noun

候補 • (hubo) (hangeul 후보)

1. Hanja form^? of 후보 (“candidate”).