# 選舉
## Chinese

* 選舉 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 選舉 (Cantonese)
* soán-kí (Southern Min)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xuǎnjǔ
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄐㄩˇ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щүанҗү (xüanžü, II-II)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syun$^2$ geoi$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhun$^2$ gui$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): xyon$^3$ jy$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sién-kí
    (Meixian, Guangdong): xiên$^3$ gi$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sōng-gṳ̄
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): soán-kú / soán-kír / soán-kí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): suang$^2$ ge$^2$ / suêng$^2$ ge$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$shi-ciu$_5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xuǎnjǔ [Phonetic: xuánjǔ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄐㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syuǎnjyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: hsüan$^3$-chü$^3$
*** Yale: sywǎn-jyǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuanjeu
*** Palladius: сюаньцзюй (sjuanʹczjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щүанҗү (xüanžü, II-II)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕyæ̃⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syun$^2$ geoi$^2$
*** Yale: syún géui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: syn$^2$ goey$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xun$^2$ gêu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /syːn³⁵ kɵy̯³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhun$^2$ gui$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬun⁵⁵ kui⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: xyon$^3$ jy$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕyɵn²¹³⁻²⁴ t͡ɕy²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sién-kí
*** Hakka Romanization System: xien$^ˋ$ gi$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xian$^3$ gi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /si̯en³¹ ki³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: xiên$^3$ gi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /siɛn³¹ ki³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sōng-gṳ̄
*** Sinological IPA : /souŋ³³⁻³⁵ $^{(k-)}$ŋy³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Penang, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soán-kú
*** Tâi-lô: suán-kú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soafnkuo
*** IPA (Penang): /suan⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ ku⁴⁴⁵/
*** IPA (Singapore): /suan⁴²⁻²⁴ ku⁴²/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ku⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soán-kír
*** Tâi-lô: suán-kír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /suan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɯ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /suan⁴²⁻²⁴ kɯ⁴²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soán-kí
*** Tâi-lô: suán-kí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soafnkie
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki⁴¹/
*** IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /suan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ki⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: suang$^2$ ge$^2$ / suêng$^2$ ge$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suáng kṳ́ / suéng kṳ́
*** Sinological IPA : /suaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kɯ⁵²/, /sueŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kɯ⁵²⁻²¹/
* suang2 ge2 - Shantou;
* suêng2 ge2 - Chaozhou.
* Middle Chinese: sjwenX kjoX
Rime :
| Character | 選 | 舉 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (78) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 思兖切 | 居許切 |
| Baxter | sjwenX | kjoX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /siuᴇn$^X$/ | /kɨʌ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /sʷiɛn$^X$/ | /kiɔ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sjuæn$^X$/ | /kiɔ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /swian$^X$/ | /kɨə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /siuɛn$^X$/ | /kiɔ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /sĭwɛn$^X$/ | /kĭo$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /si̯wɛn$^X$/ | /ki̯wo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xuǎn | jǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | syun$^2$ | geoi$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]o[n]ʔ C.q(r)aʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sqʰonʔ klaʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 選 | 舉 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xuǎn | jǔ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sjwen$^X$ › | ‹ kjo$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[s]o[n]ʔ/ | /*C.q(r)aʔ/ |
| English | choose; count | lift, raise |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 選 | 舉 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 14157 | 15888 |
| Phonetic component | 巽 | 舁 |
| Rime group | 元 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 選 | 舉 |
| Old Chinese | /*sqʰonʔ/ | /*klaʔ/ |
| Notes | | 舁轉註字，說文從手與聲， 漢碑隸變作此 |

### Verb

選舉
* to elect (to choose someone by voting)
    日益臨近的選舉／日益临近的选举 ― rìyì línjìn de xuǎnjǔ ― a looming election
* (historical, Classical) to nominate for an official post

#### Derived terms

* 制限選舉／制限选举
* 差額選舉／差额选举 (chā'é xuǎnjǔ)
* 直接選舉／直接选举 (zhíjiē xuǎnjǔ)
* 等額選舉／等额选举 (děng'é xuǎnjǔ)
* 被選舉權／被选举权 (bèixuǎnjǔquán)
* 選舉人／选举人 (xuǎnjǔrén)
* 選舉工程／选举工程 (xuǎnjǔgōngchéng)
* 選舉權／选举权 (xuǎnjǔquán)
* 間接選舉／间接选举 (jiànjiē xuǎnjǔ)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 選挙(せんきょ) (senkyo)
* → Korean: 선거(選擧) (seon'geo)
* → Vietnamese: tuyển cử (選舉)

#### See also

* 投票 (tóupiào)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 選 | 舉 |
| せん Grade: 4 | きょ Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

選(せん)舉(きょ) • (senkyo)
* Kyūjitai form of 選挙: election

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 選 | 舉 |

### Noun

選舉 • (seon'geo) (hangeul 선거)
* Alternative form of 選擧 (“election”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 選 | 舉 |

### Verb

選舉
* chữ Hán form of tuyển cử (“to elect”).