(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but; however / (literary) only; just

exam candidate / student whose name has been put forward for an exam

to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam / to admit (a student) / to hire (a job candidate)

to be interviewed (as a candidate) / interview

platform (at a railway station) / (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate) / (Tw) website

choice of person / candidate

candidate / CL: 名

candidate (attributive)

supervisor of a PhD candidate

3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination / (hospital ranking) A-grade tertiary (the highest level) (abbr. for 三級甲等｜三级甲等)

to wait to fill a vacancy / reserve (candidate) / alternate / substitute

(in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition

graduate / successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination

candidate who has not yet passed the county level imperial exam

successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination / palace graduate

to be a candidate in an election or other selection process / to run for office / to turn out to vote

to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart / to back; to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing; endorsement

to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend / to elect; to choose / (weightlifting) to (clean and) press

xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing / successful second degree candidate

(idiom) to come first in triennial palace examinations (refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand); to be the champion; to be the very best in any field

(as in an imperial examination) to be a successful candidate / to draw a winning ticket (in a lottery)

candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination / see 狀元｜状元

successful military candidate in the imperial provincial examination

to publish a roll-call of successful candidates

candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元｜状元) / (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet

candidate for the Imperial Examination proposed by a tributary state

1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元｜状元, 榜眼, and 探花, respectively)

to accept a position on a provisional basis, in the absence of better qualified candidates (humble expr.)

to publish class list of successful exam candidates

(old) candidate who has successfully passed the first grades of the examination system, but not yet the court examination (殿試｜殿试)

residence of a noble / top candidate in the imperial examinations

(Tw) a guaranteed vote; a vote from sb who consistently votes for a particular party or candidate in elections

first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old)

the state of play in an election; the current state of a candidate's campaign

report of success from a candidate to the imperial examination (old) / list of deaths

to call for entries and select the best / to solicit (entries, submissions, applications etc) / to select (the best candidate) / contest / competition

to screen and select (candidates etc)

2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up)

politically unaffiliated / independent (candidate)

election participant / candidate

support group (e.g. for an election candidate) / fan club

competitive election (i.e. with more candidates than seats)

Advanced Subjects Test, university entrance exam that assesses candidates’ higher level knowledge of specific subjects and their readiness to study in their selected academic discipline (Tw) / abbr. for 大學入學指定科目考試｜大学入学指定科目考试

Moussavi, Mir Hussein (1941-), candidate in Iran's disputed 2009 elections

non-competitive election (i.e. with as many candidates as there are seats) / single-candidate election

title of the temporary position in the Hanlin Academy 翰林院 conferred on meritorious candidates until the next examination

to assist in a candidate's election campaign (Tw)

PhD student; doctoral candidate

Advanced Subjects Test, university entrance exam that assesses candidates’ higher level knowledge of specific subjects and their readiness to study in their selected academic discipline (Tw) / abbr. to 指考

candidate who ranked 1st in imperial examination on prefecture or county level (in Ming and Qing dynasties)

Sanders (name) / Bernie Sanders, United States Senator from Vermont and 2016 Presidential candidate

Tang Liang Hong (opposition candidate in Jan 1996 Singapore elections)

(Tw) safe seat (in an election); stronghold (for a political party or candidate); a district in which a majority of voters consistently votes for a particular party or candidate