DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

候補名單

简候补名单 · 繁候補名單

Mandarin · pinyin hòu bǔ míng dān

waiting list

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

候: hòu · wait; expect; visit; greet
補: Look up this written character
名: míng · name, rank, title, position
單: Look up this written character
补: bǔ · mend, patch, fix, repair, restore
单: dān · single, individual, only; lone

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–3–2–1 · hou4 bu3 ming2 dan1

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

候補名單 · find source passages ↗ · 候补名单 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hau6 bou2 ming4 daan1

Cantonese word readings for 候補名單. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

noun

waiting list

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack