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 流 liú to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade syn 地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 年级 年級 nián jí grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL:個|个[ge4] 级 級 jí level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier: step, level syn 高级 高級 gāo jí high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking syn 得分 dé fēn to score a point (in a competition, test etc) / score / rating / grade 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 级别 級別 jí bié (military) rank / level / grade 升级 升級 shēng jí to go up by one grade / to be promoted / to escalate (in intensity) / (computing) to upgrade syn 分数 分數 fēn shù (exam) grade / mark / score / fraction syn 等级 等級 děng jí grade / rank / status syn 二级 二級 èr jí grade 2 / second class / category B 品位 pǐn wèi rank / grade / quality / (aesthetic) taste syn 水准 水準 shuǐ zhǔn level (of achievement etc) / standard / level (surveying) syn 高档 高檔 gāo dàng superior quality / high grade / top grade syn 班级 班級 bān jí class (group of students) / grade (in school) 评分 評分 píng fēn to grade / to mark (student's work) / grade / score (of student's work) 档次 檔次 dàng cì grade / class / quality / level syn 打分 dǎ fēn to grade / to give a mark 一等 yī děng first class / grade A syn 三级 三級 sān jí grade 3 / third class / category C 平地 píng dì to level the land / level ground / plain syn 低劣 dī liè inferior quality / substandard / low-grade syn 平整 píng zhěng smooth / level / to level off / to flatten (remove bumps) syn 分级 分級 fēn jí to rank / to grade / to classify / rank / grade / classification syn 特级 特級 tè jí special grade / top quality syn 高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn 低档 低檔 dī dàng low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior syn 班次 bān cì grade / class number (in school) / flight or run number / flight or run (seen as an item) / shift (work period) 出线 出線 chū xiàn (sports) to go out of bounds / to go over the line / to qualify for the next round of competition / (Tw) (fig.) to make the grade / to achieve success 梯队 梯隊 tī duì echelon (military) / (of an organisation) group of persons of one level or grade syn 升学 升學 shēng xué to enter the next grade school 甲等 jiǎ děng grade A / first-class syn 特等 tè děng special grade / top quality syn 越级 越級 yuè jí to skip a grade / to bypass ranks / to go over the head of one's boss 标号 標號 biāo hào grade syn 四级 四級 sì jí grade 4 / fourth class / category D 登堂入室 dēng táng rù shì lit. from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom) / fig. to go to the next level / to attain a higher level syn 窑子 窯子 yáo zi (old) low-grade brothel syn 水平面 shuǐ píng miàn horizontal plane / level surface / water level syn 回落 huí luò to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc) syn 大班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade syn 职级 職級 zhí jí (job) position / level / grade / rank 直辖市 直轄市 zhí xiá shì municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city 阅卷 閱卷 yuè juàn to grade exam papers 小三 xiǎo sān mistress / the other woman (coll.) / grade 3 in elementary school 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]) 上色 shàng sè top-quality / top-grade 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) 考级 考級 kǎo jí to take a test to establish one's level of proficiency / placement test / (music) grade exam 治学 治學 zhì xué scholarship / high-level study / to do scholarly research / to pursue a high level of study 考分 kǎo fēn grade / exam mark 甲级战犯 甲級戰犯 jiǎ jí zhàn fàn a grade A war criminal 找平 zhǎo píng to level (ground) / to make level 富矿 富礦 fù kuàng high-grade ore 班 bān team / class / grade / (military) squad / work shift / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles syn 判 pàn (bound form) to differentiate / to distinguish / (bound form) clearly (different) / to judge / to decide / to grade / (of a judge) to sentence syn 档 檔 dàng (bound form) shelves (for files) / pigeonholes / (bound form) files / crosspiece (of a table etc) / (bound form) (of goods) grade / vendor's open-air stall / (Tw) timeslot for a show or program / classifier for shows / classifier for events, affairs etc / Taiwan pr. [dang3] syn 曹 cáo class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) syn 咖 kā coffee / class / grade 水平仪 水平儀 shuǐ píng yí level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level 复读生 復讀生 fù dú shēng student who repeats (a course, grade etc) at school 超等 chāo děng superior grade syn 水准仪 水準儀 shuǐ zhǔn yí level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level 鹇 鷴 xián silver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus) / silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade 原 yuán former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source syn 程度 chéng dù degree / level / extent syn 平 píng flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1] syn 水平 shuǐ píng level (of achievement etc) / standard / horizontal syn 以下 yǐ xià that level or lower / that amount or less / the following syn 以上 yǐ shàng that level or higher / that amount or more / the above-mentioned / (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all. syn 高层 高層 gāo céng high-rise / high level / high class 默契 mò qì tacit understanding / mutual understanding / rapport / connected at a deep level with each other / (of team members) well coordinated / tight 老友 lǎo yǒu old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty) syn 低级 低級 dī jí low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior syn 层次 層次 céng cì layer / level / gradation / arrangement of ideas / (a person's) standing syn 平行 píng xíng parallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively) / on an equal footing / on the same level / simultaneous / concurrent syn 层面 層面 céng miàn aspect / facet / level (political, psychological, spiritual etc) / (geology) bedding plane syn 底层 底層 dǐ céng ground floor / first floor / lowest level / lowest rung (of society etc) syn 刮目相看 guā mù xiāng kàn to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth / to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc) syn 警戒线 警戒線 jǐng jiè xiàn police cordon / alert level 骨子里 骨子裡 gǔ zi lǐ beneath the surface / fundamentally / at the deepest level syn 上游 shàng yóu upper reaches (of a river) / upper level / upper echelon / upstream syn 高等 gāo děng high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc) syn 起跳 qǐ tiào (athletics) to take off (at the start of a jump) / (of price, salary etc) to start (from a certain level) 升迁 升遷 shēng qiān to advance to a higher-level position / to be promoted to a higher position in a new department syn 夷为平地 夷為平地 yí wéi píng dì to level / to raze to the ground 入门 入門 rù mén entrance door / to enter a door / to learn the basics of a subject / introduction (to a subject) / (attributive) entry-level 量级 量級 liàng jí order of magnitude / weight class (boxing etc) / (fig.) class (level of capability) 升华 升華 shēng huá to sublimate / sublimation (physics) / to raise to a higher level / to refine / promotion syn 热度 熱度 rè dù level of heat / (fig.) zeal / fervor / (coll.) a temperature (i.e. abnormally high body heat) syn 支持率 zhī chí lǜ support level / popularity rating 海拔 hǎi bá height above sea level / elevation syn 高低 gāo dī height / level / (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety / discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4zhi1 gao1di1]) / no matter what / just / simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last syn 湿度 濕度 shī dù humidity level 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 下游 xià yóu lower reaches (of a river) / lower level / lower echelon / downstream syn 更上一层楼 更上一層樓 gèng shàng yī céng lóu to take it up a notch / to bring it up a level syn 