選舉

See also: 選挙, 选举, and 選擧

Chinese

		to choose; to pick; to select to choose; to pick; to select; to elect	to lift; to hold up; to cite to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect
trad. (選舉/選擧)		選	舉/擧
simp. (选举)		选	举

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xuǎnjǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄐㄩˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щүанҗү (xüanžü, II-II)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syun² geoi²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhun² gui²

• Gan (Wiktionary): xyon³ jy³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sién-kí

  (Hailu, HRS): sien^ˊ gi^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xiên³ gi³

• Eastern Min (BUC): sōng-gṳ̄
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): soán-kú / soán-kír / soán-kí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): suang² ge² / suêng² ge²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shi-ciu₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuǎnjǔ [Phonetic: xuánjǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄐㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuǎnjyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan³-chü³
    • Yale: sywǎn-jyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuanjeu
    • Palladius: сюаньцзюй (sjuanʹczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щүанҗү (xüanžü, II-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyæ̃⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun² geoi²
    • Yale: syún géui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn² goey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun² gêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn³⁵ kɵy̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhun² gui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬun⁵⁵ kui⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: xyon³ jy³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyɵn²¹³⁻²⁴ t͡ɕy²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sién-kí
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien^ˋ gi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian³ gi³
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯en³¹ ki³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: sien^ˊ gi^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /sien²⁴⁻³³ ki²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xiên³ gi³
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕiɛn³¹ ki³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sōng-gṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /souŋ³³⁻³⁵ ^(k-)ŋy³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soán-kú
    • Tâi-lô: suán-kú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soafnkuo
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Singapore): /suan⁴²⁻²⁴ ku⁴²/
    • Sinological IPA (Penang): /suan⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ ku⁴⁴⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soán-kír
    • Tâi-lô: suán-kír
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /suan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɯ⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Singapore): /suan⁴²⁻²⁴ kɯ⁴²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soán-kí
    • Tâi-lô: suán-kí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soafnkie
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /suan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ki⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: suang² ge² / suêng² ge²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suáng kṳ́ / suéng kṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kɯ⁵²/, /sueŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kɯ⁵²⁻²¹/

Note:

• suang2 ge2 - Shantou;
• suêng2 ge2 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shi-ciu₅
    • MiniDict: shi^去 ciu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xi-jy₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi³³ t͡ɕy⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sjwenX kjoX

Rime
Character	選	舉
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	仙 (78)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	思兖切	居許切
Baxter	sjwenX	kjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siuᴇnX/	/kɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷiɛnX/	/kiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/sjuænX/	/kiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swianX/	/kɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/siuɛnX/	/kiɔX/
Wang Li	/sĭwɛnX/	/kĭoX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯wɛnX/	/ki̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuǎn	jǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syun2	geoi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]o[n]ʔ  C.q(r)aʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sqʰonʔ  klaʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	選	舉
Reading #	1/3	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xuǎn	jǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ sjwenX ›	‹ kjoX ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]o[n]ʔ/	/*C.q(r)aʔ/
English	choose; count	lift, raise
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	選	舉
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	14157	15888
Phonetic component	巽	舁
Rime group	元	魚
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	選	舉
Old Chinese	/*sqʰonʔ/	/*klaʔ/
Notes		舁轉註字，說文從手與聲， 漢碑隸變作此

Verb

選舉

1. to elect (to choose someone by voting)

   日益臨近的選舉／日益临近的选举  ―  rìyì línjìn de xuǎnjǔ  ―  a looming election

2. (historical, Classical) to nominate for an official post

Derived terms

• 制限選舉 / 制限选举
• 差額選舉 / 差额选举 (chā'é xuǎnjǔ)
• 直接選舉 / 直接选举 (zhíjiē xuǎnjǔ)
• 等額選舉 / 等额选举 (děng'é xuǎnjǔ)
• 被選舉權 / 被选举权 (bèixuǎnjǔquán)
• 選舉人 / 选举人 (xuǎnjǔrén)
• 選舉工程 / 选举工程 (xuǎnjǔgōngchéng)
• 選舉權 / 选举权 (xuǎnjǔquán)
• 間接選舉 / 间接选举 (jiànjiē xuǎnjǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (選舉):

• → Japanese: 選挙(せんきょ) (senkyo)
• → Korean: 선거(選擧) (seon'geo)
• → Vietnamese: tuyển cử (選舉)

See also

• 投票 (tóupiào)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
選	舉
せん Grade: 4	きょ Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 選舉 – see the following entry.

【選挙せんきょ】 [noun] (politics) election [noun] (politics, informal) campaigning [verb] elect

(This term, 選舉, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
選	舉

Noun

選舉 • (seon'geo) (hangeul 선거)

1. alternative form of 選擧 (“election”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
選	舉

Verb

選舉

1. chữ Hán form of tuyển cử (“to elect”)