When are the elections?
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候选
Traditional: 候選
hòu xuǎn
HSK 2.0 · 6
hòu xuǎn · hau6 syun2 (Jyutping)
- candidate (attributive)
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Character breakdown
候
- Meaning
- wait; expect; visit; greet
- Radical
- 亻
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- ⿰亻矦
- Cangjie
- OLNK
- Four-corner
- 2723.4
选
- Meaning
- choose, select; elect; election
- Radical
- 辶
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿺辶先
- Cangjie
- YHGU
- Four-corner
- 3430
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Example sentences
He was the strongest candidate for the position.
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