參選

Chinese

		ginseng; take part in; participate ginseng; take part in; participate; join; attend; to join; unequal; varied; irregular; to counsel; uneven; not uniform	to choose; to pick; to select to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
trad. (參選)		參	選
simp. (参选)		参	选

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cānxuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢ ㄒㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caam¹ syun²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chham-soán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cam¹ suêng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cānxuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢ ㄒㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cansyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan¹-hsüan³
    • Yale: tsān-sywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsansheuan
    • Palladius: цаньсюань (canʹsjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän⁵⁵ ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caam¹ syun²
    • Yale: chāam syún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaam¹ syn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cam¹ xun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːm⁵⁵ syːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chham-soán
    • Tâi-lô: tsham-suán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhamsoarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻²² suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰam³³ suan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻²² suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ suan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ suan⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cam¹ suêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsham suéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰam³³⁻²³ sueŋ⁵²/

Verb

參選

1. (of a person) to stand for election
2. (of a piece of work) to enter a contest for competitive selection