候補

Chinese

		wait	to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
trad. (候補)		候	補
simp. (候补)		候	补

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòubǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ bou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiō-pó͘ / hāu-pó͘ / hō͘-pó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòubǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòubǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-pu³
    • Yale: hòu-bǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howbuu
    • Palladius: хоубу (xoubu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ bou²
    • Yale: hauh bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² pou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiō-pó͘
    • Tâi-lô: hiō-póo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hioixpor
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hio⁴¹⁻²² pɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-pó͘
    • Tâi-lô: hāu-póo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hauxpor
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau³³⁻²¹ pɔ⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hau³³⁻¹¹ pɔ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hau²²⁻²¹ pɔ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-pó͘
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-póo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxpor
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ pɔ⁵³/

Verb

候補

1. to be an alternate; to be a candidate for (for a vacancy, waiting list, etc.)

   候補中央委員／候补中央委员  ―  hòubǔ zhōngyāng wěiyuán  ―  alternate member of the Central Committee

2. (archaic) to temporarily fill a provincial or ministerial post prior to being assigned a permanent position by the Ministry for Personnel (during the Qing dynasty)

Related terms

• 備補／备补 (bèibǔ)

Noun

候補

1. alternate; candidate (for a vacancy, waiting list, etc.)

Derived terms

• 候補名單 / 候补名单 (hòubǔ míngdān)

References

• Three Departments and Six Ministries on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Kanji in this term
候	補
こう Grade: 4	ほ Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːho̞]
• (Tokyo) こーほ [kóꜜòhò] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

候(こう)補(ほ) • (kōho) 

1. candidate
   • 2020 March 16, 加藤勝信, quotee, “第201回国会　参議院　予算委員会　第11号　令和2年3月16日”, in 国会会議録検索システム‎^[1], 国立国会図書館:

     さらには、治療薬の候補を選定するためにも、国内外の情報を収集して更に研究を進めるべく努力をしております。

     Sarani wa, chiryōyaku no kōho o sentei suru tame ni mo, kokunaigai no jōhō o shūshū shite sarani kenkyū o susumeru-beku doryoku o shite ori-masu.

     Furthermore, we are making efforts to advance research by gathering information from both Japan and abroad in order to select candidate therapeutic drugs.

Synonyms

• 候(こう)補(ほ)者(しゃ) (kōhosha) (for persons only)

References

• “候補”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
候	補

Noun

候補 • (hubo) (hangeul 후보)

1. hanja form^? of 후보 (“candidate”)