候選人

See also: 候选人

Chinese

	to run for office; to be regarded as possibly suitable	man; person; people
trad. (候選人)	候選	人
simp. (候选人)	候选	人
alternative forms	候選儂／候选侬 (hāu-soán-lâng) Hokkien

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hòuxuǎnrén

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ syun² jan⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): heu-sién-ngìn

(Hailu, HRS): heu^˖ sien^ˊ ngin
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hō͘-soán-lîn / hāu-soán-lâng / hāu-soán-jîn / hāu-soán-lîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hòuxuǎnrén
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hòusyuǎnrén
  - Wade–Giles: hou⁴-hsüan³-jên²
  - Yale: hòu-sywǎn-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howsheuanren
  - Palladius: хоусюаньжэнь (xousjuanʹžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁶ syun² jan⁴
  - Yale: hauh syún yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ syn² jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ xun² yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² syːn³⁵ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-sién-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: heu xien^ˋ ngin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ xian³ ngin²
  - Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ si̯en³¹ ŋin¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: heu^˖ sien^ˊ ngin
  - Sinological IPA: /heu³³ sien²⁴⁻³³ ŋin⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-soán-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: hōo-suán-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoxsoafnliin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-soán-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: hāu-suán-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hauxsoafnlaang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hau²²⁻²¹ suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-soán-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: hāu-suán-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hauxsoafnjiin
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau³³⁻²¹ suan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-soán-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: hāu-suán-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hauxsoafnliin
  - IPA (Taipei): /hau³³⁻¹¹ suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/

Noun

候選人

candidate (person running in an election)

References

“候選人”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
“Entry #2816”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.