军衔 軍銜 jūn xián army rank / military rank 上尉 shàng wèi captain (military rank) 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn 分级 分級 fēn jí to rank / to grade / to classify / rank / grade / classification syn 秩 zhì (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order / orderliness / (literary) decade syn 军阶识别符号 軍階識別符號 insigna of rank / insigna / badge of rank 军阶章 軍階章 insigna of rank / insigna / badge of rank 少尉 shào wèi second lieutenant (army rank) 上等兵 shàng děng bīng private first class (army rank) 红军 紅軍 hóng jūn Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA / (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946) syn 集团军 集團軍 jí tuán jūn army grouping / collective army 正规军 正規軍 zhèng guī jūn regular army / standing army 关东军 關東軍 guān dōng jūn Japanese Kwantung army (or Kantō army), notorious for numerous atrocities in China during WWII 绿营 綠營 lǜ yíng Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units 元军 元軍 yuán jūn Mongol army / army of Yuan dynasty 调兵遣将 調兵遣將 diào bīng qiǎn jiàng to move an army and send a general (idiom) / to deploy an army / to send a team on a task syn 项英 項英 xiàng yīng Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍|新四军[Xin1 si4 jun1], killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4] 常胜军 常勝軍 cháng shèng jūn Ever Victorious Army (1860-1864), Qing dynasty army equipped and trained jointly with Europeans and used esp. against the Taiping rebels 兵痞 bīng pǐ army riffraff / army ruffian / soldier of fortune syn 北洋军 北洋軍 běi yáng jūn north China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a breeding ground for the Northern Warlords after the Qinghai revolution 复活的军团 復活的軍團 fù huó de jūn tuán the Resurrected Army (CCTV documentary series about the Terracotta army) 绿旗兵 綠旗兵 lǜ qí bīng same as 綠營|绿营[lu:4 ying2], Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units 绿营兵 綠營兵 lǜ yíng bīng Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units 长平之战 長平之戰 cháng píng zhī zhàn Battle of Changping of 260 BC, at which the Qin army 秦軍|秦军[Qin2 jun1] encircled and annihilated a Zhao army of 400,000 南斯拉夫国防军 南斯拉夫國防軍 National Yugoslav Army / Yugoslav People's Army 野战集团军 野戰集團軍 field army / army 大兵 dà bīng soldier / large army / powerful army / (old) large-scale war syn 老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn 驾驶 駕駛 jià shǐ to drive (vehicle) / to pilot (ship, airplane etc) / driver / pilot / captain syn 队长 隊長 duì zhǎng captain / team leader / CL:個|个[ge4] 船长 船長 chuán zhǎng captain (of a boat) / skipper 领队 領隊 lǐng duì to lead a group / leader of a group / captain (of sports squad) syn 舰长 艦長 jiàn zhǎng commander / captain (of a warship) 机长 機長 jī zhǎng (aviation) pilot-in-command / captain 船主 chuán zhǔ ship's captain / owner of ship 海军上校 海軍上校 hǎi jūn shàng xiào captain (= UK and US Navy equivalent) 库克 庫克 kù kè Cook (name) / Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British navigator and explorer 库克船长 庫克船長 kù kè chuán zhǎng Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British navigator and explorer 琅威理 láng wēi lǐ Captain William M Lang (1843-), British adviser to the Qing north China navy 北洋水師|北洋水师 during the 1880s 海军]大校 海軍]大校 Senior Captain (China) 警卫队长 警衛隊長 Security Captain 波提乏 bō tí fá Potiphar, the captain of the pharaoh's guard (in the account of Joseph in the Book of Genesis) 级长 級長 jí zhǎng class president (in a school) / class captain / cohort leader 正驾驶 正駕駛 zhèng jià shǐ pilot-in-command / captain (cf. 副駕駛|副驾驶[fu4jia4shi3], copilot) 等级 等級 děng jí grade / rank / status syn 级别 級別 jí bié (military) rank / level / grade 头衔 頭銜 tóu xián title / rank / appellation syn 身份 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn 排名 pái míng to rank (1st, 2nd etc) / ranking syn 排行 pái háng to rank / ranking / seniority (among siblings) syn 待遇 dài yù treatment / pay / salary / status / rank syn 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 老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer syn 品位 pǐn wèi rank / grade / quality / (aesthetic) taste syn 状元 狀元 zhuàng yuán top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1] / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3] / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light syn 名次 míng cì position in a ranking of names / place / rank 晋级 晉級 jìn jí to advance in rank / promotion / advancement syn 名列 míng liè to rank (number 1, or third last etc) / to be among (those who are in a particular group) syn 头号 頭號 tóu hào first rate / top rank / number one syn 小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn 一品 yī pǐn superb / first-rate / (of officials in imperial times) the highest rank syn 位列 wèi liè to rank syn 名列前茅 míng liè qián máo to rank among the best syn 功名 gōng míng scholarly honor (in imperial exams) / rank / achievement / fame / glory syn 低档 低檔 dī dàng low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior syn 三甲 sān jiǎ 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[san1 ji2 jia3 deng3]) 高居 gāo jū to stand above / to occupy an important position / to rank (among the top few) syn 管家婆 guǎn jiā pó housewife (jocular) / female housekeeper of a higher rank (old) / busybody syn 升上 shēng shàng (of an employee) to be promoted to (a higher rank) / (of a student) to enter (a higher grade at school) 次之 cì zhī to rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc) syn 荣华富贵 榮華富貴 róng huá fù guì glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom) / high position and great wealth syn 都尉 dū wèi military rank 二甲 èr jiǎ 2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up) 行 háng row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column syn 参赞 參贊 cān zàn to serve as an adviser / (diplomatic rank) attaché / counselor 册封 冊封 cè fēng to confer a title upon sb / to dub / to crown / to invest with rank or title syn 草莽 cǎo mǎng a rank growth of grass / uncultivated land / wilderness syn 官衔 官銜 guān xián title / official rank 降职 降職 jiàng zhí to demote (to a lower rank) syn 职级 職級 zhí jí (job) position / level / grade / rank 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler) 等 děng to wait for / to await / by the time / when / till / and so on / etc. / et al. / (bound form) class / rank / grade / (bound form) equal to / same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) syn 举国上下 舉國上下 jǔ guó shàng xià the entire nation / the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file syn 咨文 zī wén (old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank) / report delivered by the head of government on affairs of state syn 官阶 官階 guān jiē official rank 名位 míng wèi fame and position / official rank syn 品 pǐn (bound form) article / commodity / product / goods / (bound form) grade / rank / kind / type / variety / character / disposition / nature / temperament / to taste sth / to sample / to criticize / to comment / to judge / to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute) syn 司寇 sī kòu minister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China) 警衔 警銜 jǐng xián police rank 授衔 授銜 shòu xián rank of professor / academic title syn 级 級 jí level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier: step, level syn 禄位 祿位 lù wèi official rank and salary 翎子 líng zi peacock feathers on an official's hat displaying his rank (traditional) / pheasant tail feathers on warriors' helmets (opera) 阶 階 jiē rank or step / stairs syn 贵 貴 guì expensive / (bound form) highly valued / precious / (bound form) noble / of high rank / (prefix) (honorific) your syn 矮 ǎi (of a person) short / (of a wall etc) low / (of rank) inferior (to) / lower (than) syn 衔 銜 xián bit (of a bridle) / to hold in the mouth / to harbor (feelings) / to link / to accept / rank / title syn 弁 biàn (old) cap (garment) / military officer of low rank (in former times) / preceding 膻 shān fetid / gamy / rank / (esp.) hircine syn 