长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL:位[wei4] / sir (term of address for senior officer) syn 经理 經理 jīng lǐ manager / director / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] syn 主任 zhǔ rèn director / head / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 主持人 zhǔ chí rén host / master of ceremonies / (TV or radio) presenter / anchor / (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI) / program director syn 总裁 總裁 zǒng cái chairman / director-general (of a company etc) 罗斯 羅斯 luó sī Roth, Ross, Rose or Rossi (name) / Kenneth Roth (1955-), executive director of Human Rights Watch 人權觀察|人权观察[Ren2 quan2 Guan1 cha2] / Rus' (as in Kievan Rus' 基輔羅斯|基辅罗斯[Ji1 fu3 Luo2 si1]) 总监 總監 zǒng jiān head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration syn 社长 社長 shè zhǎng president or director (of association etc) 布鲁克 布魯克 bù lǔ kè Brook (name) / Peter Brook (1925), British theater director 专员 專員 zhuān yuán assistant director / commissioner syn 卓别林 卓別林 zhuó bié lín Charlie Chaplin (1899-1977), English movie actor and director 编导 編導 biān dǎo to write and direct (a play, film etc) / playwright-director / choreographer-director / scenarist-director 理事长 理事長 lǐ shì zhǎng director general 美玲 měi líng Meiling (female name) / Zhou Meiling 周美玲[Zhou1 Mei3 ling2] (1969-), Taiwanese gay film director 大校 dà xiào senior ranking officer in Chinese army / senior colonel syn 送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member 厂长 廠長 chǎng zhǎng factory director 股长 股長 gǔ zhǎng person in charge of a 股[gu3] (section or department) / head / chief / director / (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長|风纪股长[feng1 ji4 gu3 zhang3] discipline monitor 导演 導演 dǎo yǎn to direct / director (film etc) 副主任 fù zhǔ rèn deputy director / assistant head 高管 gāo guǎn senior executive / senior manager (abbr. for 高級管理人員|高级管理人员[gao1ji2 guan3li3 ren2yuan2]) 副经理 副經理 fù jīng lǐ deputy director / assistant manager 电影导演 電影導演 diàn yǐng dǎo yǎn film director 宫崎骏 宮崎駿 gōng qí jùn Miyazaki Hayao (1941-), Japanese director 王朔 wáng shuò Wang Shuo (1958-), Chinese writer, director and actor 金成 金晟 jīn chéng Sung KIM, US diplomat and director of US State Department's Korea office 指导者 指導者 zhǐ dǎo zhě coach / mentor / counselor / instructor / director / guide / conductor 指挥者 指揮者 zhǐ huī zhě conductor / director syn 副理 fù lǐ deputy director / assistant manager 王颖 王穎 wáng yǐng Wayne Wang (1949-), Chinese US film director 导播 導播 dǎo bō to direct a television or radio broadcast / director (TV, radio) 尊 zūn senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel syn 斯皮尔伯格 斯皮爾伯格 sī pí ěr bó gé Steven Spielberg (1946-), US film director 董 dǒng to supervise / to direct / director 士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn 主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess syn 高中生 gāo zhōng shēng senior high school student 年长 年長 nián zhǎng senior syn 元老 yuán lǎo senior figure / elder / doyen syn 前辈 前輩 qián bèi senior / older generation / precursor syn 技师 技師 jì shī senior technician / technical expert 资深 資深 zī shēn veteran (journalist etc) / senior / highly experienced syn 首长 首長 shǒu zhǎng senior official syn 高考 gāo kǎo college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4]) / (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试) 学长 學長 xué zhǎng senior or older male schoolmate syn 长者 長者 zhǎng zhě senior / older person syn 拜见 拜見 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to meet one's senior or superior syn 师兄 師兄 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher syn 不买账 不買賬 bù mǎi zhàng not to acknowledge sb as senior or superior / not to believe sth / don't buy it (slang) 大尉 dà wèi captain (army rank) / senior captain 上位 shàng wèi seat of honor / person in a high-ranking position / to be promoted to a more senior role / (genetics) epistatic syn 敬老院 jìng lǎo yuàn senior citizens' home / old folks' home syn 进言 進言 jìn yán to put forward a suggestion (to sb in a senior position) / to offer a word of advice syn 丞相 chéng xiàng the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles) / prime minister syn 高僧 gāo sēng a senior monk syn 贵妃 貴妃 guì fēi senior concubine / imperial consort syn 高职 高職 gāo zhí vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校[gao1 deng3 zhi2 ye4 ji4 shu4 xue2 xiao4]) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称[gao1 ji2 zhi2 cheng1]) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员[gao1 ji2 zhi2 yuan2]) / (Tw) vocational high school 高级中学 高級中學 gāo jí zhōng xué senior high school / abbr. to 高中[gao1 zhong1] syn 师姐 師姐 shī jiě senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher 学姐 學姐 xué jiě senior or older female schoolmate 金领 金領 jīn lǐng gold collar / high-level senior executive / highly-skilled worker 高中 gāo zhōng senior high school / abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2] syn 大夫 dà fū senior official (in imperial China) syn 中招 zhōng zhāo senior high school enrollment 高级管理人员 高級管理人員 gāo jí guǎn lǐ rén yuán senior management service 张学良 張學良 zhāng xué liáng Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army 袁世凯 袁世凱 yuán shì kǎi Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China 高中学生 高中學生 gāo zhōng xué shēng student of a senior high school 祭酒 jì jiǔ to offer a libation / person who performs the libation before a banquet / senior member of a profession / important government post in imperial China 元老院 yuán lǎo yuàn upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly 何应钦 何應欽 hé yìng qīn He Yingqin (1890-1987), senior Guomindang general 太子党 太子黨 tài zǐ dǎng princelings, descendants of senior communist officials (PRC) 伯 bó father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] syn 昆汀 kūn tīng Quentin (name) / Quentin Tarantino (1963-), American film director 李连杰 李連傑 lǐ lián jié Li Lianjie or Jet Li (1963-), martial arts sportsman, subsequently film star and director 李安 lǐ ān Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director (films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 臥虎藏龍|卧虎藏龙 and Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山) 张艺谋 張藝謀 zhāng yì móu Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director 家老 jiā lǎo (old) a senior in one's household 买帐 買帳 mǎi zhàng to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative) / to accept (a version of events) / to buy it syn 姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old) 杯酒释兵权 杯酒釋兵權 bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups / cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces 联合国事务主任兼执行主任特别助理 Director, UN Affairs, and Special Assistant to the Executive Director 司长兼紧急救济协调员特别顾问 司長兼緊急救濟協調員特別顧問 Director and Special Adviser to the Emergency Relief Coordinator for Internally Displaced Persons / Director and Special Adviser to the Emergency Relief Coordinator 人权观察联合国宣导主任 人權觀察聯合國宣導主任 United Nations Advocacy Director at Human Rights Watch / United Nations Advocacy Director 叶伟民 葉偉民 yè wěi mín Raymond YIP Wai-Man, Hong Kong film director (debut as director: 1994) 高级方案主任 gāo jí fāng àn zhǔ rèn Senior Director for Programmes 高级副执行干事 Senior Deputy Executive Director 高级主任兼理事会秘书 高級主任兼理事會秘書 Senior Director and Secretary of the Governing Council 执行主任高级助理 執行主任高級助理 Senior Assistant to the Executive Director 高级主任执行助理 高級主任執行助理 Executive Assistant to the Senior Director 高级业务主任 高級業務主任 Senior Director for Operations 东盟环境高官 東盟環境高官 dōng méng huán jìng gāo guān ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment / Senior Officials on the Environment 大流行病高级应急政策小组 大流行病高級應急政策小組 Pandemic Senior Emergency Policy Team / Senior Emergency Policy Team 北约高级文职代表 北約高級文職代表 NATO Senior Civilian Representative / Senior Civilian Representative 东盟林业高官 東盟林業高官 ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry / Senior Officials on Forestry 大秘 dà mì (coll.) top aide / senior personal secretary (to a senior official) 陈凯歌 陳凱歌 chén kǎi gē Chen Kaige (1952-), Chinese movie director 徐克 xú kè Tsui Hark (1951-), Chinese movie director and producer 黑泽明 黑澤明 hēi zé míng Kurosawa Akira (1910-1998) Japanese movie director 