HSK 6 · Society

当选 dāngxuǎn “to be elected” in Chinese

Traditional 當選

What 当选 means

  1. to be elected
  2. to be selected

How to say 当选

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale当dāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale选xuǎn3rd tone, dipping

当选 in a sentence

  1. 谁将当选主席呢？

    Shéi jiāng dāngxuǎn zhǔxí ne?

    Who will be elected chair?

    Sentence #1468440 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她当选为委员会主席。

    Tā dāngxuǎn wéi wěiyuánhuì zhǔxí.

    She was elected chair of the committee.

    Sentence #775427 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 每个人都希望他当选州长。

    Měi ge rén dōu xīwàng tā dāngxuǎn zhōuzhǎng.

    Everyone hopes he’ll be elected governor.

    Sentence #881076 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 当选 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 当 (dāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
当dāngdong
  • ⺌small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 彐snout · jì
The character 选 (xuǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
选xuǎnto choose
  • 先first · xiānSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 先 (xiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with xuǎn.

How to write 当选

当 6 strokes · 选 9 strokes

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当选 (dāngxuǎn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 当选 (dāngxuǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 当选

Words with 当

当然dāngrán · of course当dāng · to act as当时dāngshí · then当地dāngdì · local当心dāngxīn · to be careful上当shàngdàng · to be fooled相当xiāngdāng · equivalent to当场dāngchǎng · on the spot当初dāngchū · originally当代dāngdài · contemporary

Words with 选

选xuǎn · to choose选择xuǎnzé · select选手xuǎnshǒu · competitor筛选shāixuǎn · to screen选拔xuǎnbá · to select (the best)候选hòuxuǎn · candidate竞选jìngxuǎn · to run for office选举xuǎnjǔ · to elect

More words: Society & Law

逮捕dàibǔ · to arrest歹徒dǎitú · criminal党dǎng · (political) party当事人dāngshìrén · party (involved)盗窃dàoqiè · to steal打仗dǎzhàng · to fight a war典礼diǎnlǐ · ceremony抵制dǐzhì · to boycott

FAQs

当选 (dāngxuǎn) means “to be elected” or “to be selected”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dāngxuǎn: dāng with a 1st tone, then xuǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 当选 is written 當選. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dangxuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 当选 from the suggestions. Typing dangxuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
当选 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.