Chinese symbol for “candidate”
候选人
hòu xuǎn rén
Traditional: 候選人
candidate; measure word: 名 (míng)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for candidate is 候选人 (hòu xuǎn rén), defined as: candidate; measure word: 名 (míng).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “candidate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 候选 (候選) | hòu xuǎn | candidate (attributive) |
| 人选 (人選) | rén xuǎn | choice of person; candidate |
| 参选人 (參選人) | cān xuǎn rén | election participant; candidate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 候选人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 时候 (時候) | shí hou | time; length of time |
| 气候 (氣候) | qì hòu | (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
| 有时候 (有時候) | yǒu shí hou | sometimes |
| 小时候 (小時候) | xiǎo shí hou | in one's childhood |
| 到时候 (到時候) | dào shí hòu | when the moment comes; at that time |
| 选择 (選擇) | xuǎn zé | to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative |
| 选举 (選舉) | xuǎn jǔ | to elect; election |
| 当选 (當選) | dāng xuǎn | to be elected; to be selected |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “candidate”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.