競選

See also: 竞选

Chinese

		to compete; to contend; to struggle	to choose; to pick; to select to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
trad. (競選)		競	選
simp. (竞选)		竞	选

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìngxuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging⁶ syun², ging³ syun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kēng-soán / kèng-soán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìngxuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìngsyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴-hsüan³
    • Yale: jìng-sywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqsheuan
    • Palladius: цзинсюань (czinsjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging⁶ syun², ging³ syun²
    • Yale: gihng syún, ging syún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging⁶ syn², ging³ syn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging⁶ xun², ging³ xun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ²² syːn³⁵/, /kɪŋ³³ syːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kēng-soán
    • Tâi-lô: kīng-suán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kexngsoarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ³³⁻²¹ suan⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng-soán
    • Tâi-lô: kìng-suán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keangsoarn
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ suan⁴¹/

Verb

競選

1. to run for (a position, office, etc.); to launch a political campaign