HSK 6 · Society

竞选 jìngxuǎn “to run for office” in Chinese

Traditional 競選

What 竞选 means

  1. to run for office
  2. to campaign
  3. to take part in an election

How to say 竞选

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale竞jìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale选xuǎn3rd tone, dipping

竞选 in a sentence

  1. 你应该去竞选城市委员会。

    Nǐ yīnggāi qù jìngxuǎn chéngshì wěiyuánhuì.

    You should run for city council.

    Sentence #4844821 from Tatoeba

  2. 他将竞选市长。

    Tā jiāng jìngxuǎn shìzhǎng.

    He is going to run for mayor.

    Sentence #804819 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 佐藤先生问了我很多有关竞选的问题。

    Zuǒténg xiānsheng wèn le wǒ hěn duō yǒuguān jìngxuǎn de wèntí.

    Mr Sato asked me a lot of questions about the campaign.

    Sentence #10325689 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 竞选 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 竞 (jìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
竞jìngto compete
  • 立stand · lì
  • 兄elder brother · xiōng
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 竞选

竞 10 strokes · 选 9 strokes

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

Words related to 竞选

Words with 竞

竞争jìngzhēng · to compete竞赛jìngsài · competition

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)当选dāngxuǎn · to be elected候选hòuxuǎn · candidate选举xuǎnjǔ · to elect

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FAQs

竞选 (jìngxuǎn) means “to run for office” or “to campaign”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jìngxuǎn: jìng with a 4th 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, 竞选 is written 競選. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jingxuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 竞选 from the suggestions. Typing jingxuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
竞选 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.