# 竞选 (jìngxuǎn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 竞选 (jìngxuǎn) means “to run for office; to campaign”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to run for office; to campaign
- Pinyin: jìngxuǎn (jing4 xuan3)
- Traditional: 競選
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他决定今年竞选市长。
  Tā juédìng jīnnián jìngxuǎn shìzhǎng.
  He decided to run for mayor this year.

## Characters

- 竞 (jìng): to compete; to contend
- [选](https://hanziro.com/word/xuan-choose/) (xuǎn): to choose; to pick

https://hanziro.com/word/jing-xuan-run-office/

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