长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL:位[wei4] / sir (term of address for senior officer) syn 记者 記者 jì zhě reporter / journalist / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 作者 zuò zhě author / writer syn 雨果 yǔ guǒ Hugo (name) / Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer 漫画家 漫畫家 màn huà jiā cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka) 通讯员 通訊員 tōng xùn yuán correspondent / reporter / messenger boy syn 手笔 手筆 shǒu bǐ sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale syn 米尔顿 米爾頓 mǐ ěr dùn Milton (name) / John Milton (1608-1674), English republican writer and poet, author of Paradise Lost 全集 quán jí omnibus / complete works (of a writer or artist) 文学家 文學家 wén xué jiā writer / man of letters / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 文豪 wén háo literary giant / great writer / eminent writer syn 词人 詞人 cí rén writer of 詞|词[ci2] (a kind of Classical Chinese poem) / person of literary talent syn 契诃夫 契訶夫 qì hē fū Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays 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 笔杆子 筆桿子 bǐ gǎn zi pen / an effective writer syn 成名作 chéng míng zuò seminal work that propels a writer (or artist, composer etc) to fame 大仲马 大仲馬 dà zhòng mǎ Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870), French writer 笔者 筆者 bǐ zhě the author / the writer (usu. refers to oneself) syn 秀才 xiù cai a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical) / scholar / skillful writer / fine talent syn 苏东坡 蘇東坡 sū dōng pō Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher 泰戈尔 泰戈爾 tài gē ěr Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Indian poet and writer 高尔基 高爾基 gāo ěr jī Gorkii (name) / Maxim Gorkii (1868-1936), Russian proletarian writer and propagandist 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]) 小编 小編 xiǎo biān editor or creator of online content (diminutive term, often used to refer to oneself: I, me, this writer) 写手 寫手 xiě shǒu person who writes articles - newspapers, magazines, blogs (informal) / scribe / copyist / a talented writer of articles or of calligraphy 琼瑶 瓊瑤 qióng yáo Chiung Yao (1938-), Taiwanese writer 苏轼 蘇軾 sū shì Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1], Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 Ba1 Da4 jia1] 朱熹 zhū xī Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子[Zhu1 zi3], Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism 王安石 wáng ān shí Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家 代写 代寫 dài xiě to write as substitute for sb / a ghost writer / plagiarism 王朔 wáng shuò Wang Shuo (1958-), Chinese writer, director and actor 陶渊明 陶淵明 táo yuān míng Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet 挖坑 wā kēng to dig a hole / (fig.) to make things difficult for sb / (neologism) (slang) (of a writer) to start work on a new project 欧阳修 歐陽修 ōu yáng xiū Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian 卡夫卡 kǎ fū kǎ Franz Kafka (1883-1924), Czech Jewish writer 张华 張華 zhāng huà Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention 徐霞客 xú xiá kè Xu Xiake (1587-1641), Ming dynasty travel writer and geographer, author of Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries 徐霞客遊記|徐霞客游记[Xu2 Xia2 ke4 You2 ji4] 痞子蔡 pǐ zi cài Rowdy Cai (1969-), Taiwanese Internet writer 叶圣陶 葉聖陶 yè shèng táo Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books 江平 jiāng píng Jiang Ping (1920-), academic lawyer, writer on ethnicity and legal systems 阿来 阿來 ā lái Alai (1959-), ethnic Tibetan Chinese writer, awarded Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2000 for his novel 塵埃落定|尘埃落定[Chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4] "Red Poppies" 谭嗣同 譚嗣同 tán sì tóng Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 萧红 蕭紅 xiāo hóng Xiao Hong (1911-1942), prominent woman writer, originally from Heilongjiang 刘慈欣 劉慈欣 liú cí xīn Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer 文宗 wén zōng (literary) writer whose works are venerated as exemplary / eminent writer syn 严复 嚴復 yán fù Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences 莫泊桑 mò bó sāng Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer 刘恒 劉恆 liú héng Liu Heng, personal name of Han emperor Han Wendi 漢文帝|汉文帝 / Liu Heng (1954-), Chinese writer 萧伯纳 蕭伯納 xiāo bó nà George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer 李渔 李漁 lǐ yú Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist 采制 採制 cǎi zhì to gather and process (herbs etc) / (of a reporter) to gather material and put together (a recorded news item) 李贽 李贄 lǐ zhì Li Zhi (1527-1602), late Ming philosopher, historian and writer 岳阳楼记 岳陽樓記 yuè yáng lóu jì On Yueyang Tower (1046), essay by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4yan1] 夏衍 xià yǎn Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer 赛珍珠 賽珍珠 sài zhēn zhū Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), American writer known for her novels on Asian cultures, Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize laureate 尊 zūn senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel syn 江郎才尽 江郎才盡 jiāng láng cái jìn Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom) / fig. to have used up one's creative powers / to have writer's block 纪伯伦 jì bó lún Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese poet, writer and artist 东坡肉 東坡肉 dōng pō ròu stir-fried pork, favorite of Northern Song writer Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼, a.k.a. Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡 叶永烈 葉永烈 yè yǒng liè Ye Yonglie (1940-), popular science writer 宋濂 sòng lián Song Lian (1310-1381), Ming dynasty writer, historian and politician 沈约 沈約 shěn yuē Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书 遗著 遺著 yí zhù posthumous work (of a writer) syn 曾巩 曾鞏 zēng gǒng Zeng Gong (1019-1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the eight giants 唐宋八大家[Tang2-Song4 ba1da4jia1] 刘义庆 劉義慶 liú yì qìng Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account of the Tales of the World 世說新語|世说新语[Shi4 shuo1 Xin1 yu3] 陆羽 陸羽 lù yǔ Lu Yu (733-804), Chinese writer from Tang dynasty, known for his obsession with tea 秦牧 qín mù Qin Mu (1919-1992), educator and prolific writer 刘晓波 劉曉波 liú xiǎo bō Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八憲章|零八宪章[Ling2 ba1 Xian4 zhang1], Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010 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 