"high ranking official" Chinese-English Dictionary

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qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
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
高级官员 高級官員 gāo jí guān yuán high ranking official / high level official
高级 高級 gāo jí high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking syn
上官 shàng guān high-ranking official / superior
微服 wēi fú (of a high-ranking official) to wear plain clothes in order to go about incognito
达官 達官 dá guān high-ranking official syn
(bound form) residence of a high-ranking official syn
宅邸 zhái dǐ residence of a high-ranking official syn
帝师 帝師 dì shī (historical) emperor's tutor / (Yuan dynasty) imperial preceptor (high-ranking official title held by Tibetan Buddhism leaders)
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
高压 高壓 gāo yā (physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed / oppressive 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
朱绂 朱紱 zhū fú (archaic) red silk ribbon tied to a seal or a jade pendant / red knee cover, part of an official's robes (also a synedoche for the attire of an official) / to be an official
驻节 駐節 zhù jié (of a high official) to temporarily reside overseas (or in another part of the country) on an official posting
芝麻官 zhī ma guān low ranking official / petty bureaucrat syn
官爵 guān jué official ranking / titles and honors syn
low ranking public official (old)
高官厚禄 高官厚祿 gāo guān hòu lù high post and generous salary (idiom) / promotion to a high official position syn
将军 將軍 jiāng jūn general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot syn
天线 天線 tiān xiàn antenna / mast / connection with high-ranking officials
将领 將領 jiàng lǐng high-ranking military officer syn
上校 shàng xiào high ranking officer in Chinese army / colonel
上位 shàng wèi seat of honor / person in a high-ranking position / to be promoted to a more senior role / (genetics) epistatic syn
内参 內參 nèi cān restricted document, available only to certain individuals such as high-ranking Party officials (abbr. for 內部參考|内部参考) / (literary) palace eunuch syn
公卿 gōng qīng high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor
小灶 xiǎo zào mess hall for high-ranking cadres / (fig.) special treatment / cf. 大灶[da4 zao4]
高官显爵 高官顯爵 gāo guān xiǎn jué high ranking
公燕 gōng yàn banquet held for high-ranking imperial or feudal officials
高层 高層 gāo céng high-rise / high level / high class
社会性别公正高级别会议 社會性別公正高級別會議 High-level meeting on the theme "Gender justice in Liberia: the way forward" / High Level Meeting on Gender Justice / High Level Meeting on Gender Justice in Liberia
利比里亚社会性别公正高级别会议 利比里亞社會性別公正高級別會議 High-level meeting on the theme "Gender justice in Liberia: the way forward" / High Level Meeting on Gender Justice / High Level Meeting on Gender Justice in Liberia
高接梨 gāo jiē lí (Tw) high-grafted pear (a variety of Asian pear grown in Taiwan, produced by grafting scions from high-altitude or high-latitude regions onto local rootstocks, adapting them to Taiwan's subtropical climate)
街道办事处 街道辦事處 jiē dào bàn shì chù subdistrict office / neighborhood official / an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities
批文 pī wén official written ruling in response to a submission / official approval in writing
差使 chāi shǐ to send / to assign / to appoint / servants of an official / official messenger syn
冠冕 guān miǎn royal crown / official hat / official / leader / chief / elegant and stately syn
乌纱帽 烏紗帽 wū shā mào black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position) / (fig.) official post syn
guān government official / governmental / official / public / organ of the body / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
公假 gōng jià official leave from work (e.g. maternity leave, sick leave or leave to attend to official business)
diàn suburbs or outskirts / one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China / official in charge of fields (old)
shì to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4] syn
关文 關文 guān wén official document sent to an agency (or an official) of equal rank (in imperial times)
正式承认土着语言委员会 正式承認土著語言委員會 Commission for the Official Recognition of Indigenous Languages / Official Recognition Commission
联合国指定的安全官员 聯合國指定的安全官員 United Nations Designated Security Official / Designated Official
轩冕 軒冕 xuān miǎn (literary) curtained carriage and ceremonial cap (symbols of a senior official) / (fig.) dignitaries / (literary) to hold an official post
贬官 貶官 biǎn guān to demote an official / a demoted official
从吏 從吏 cóng lì minor official / to be an official
檄文 xí wén (old, now used figuratively) official call to arms / official denunciation syn
檄书 檄書 xí shū (old, now used figuratively) official call to arms / official denunciation syn
白手套 bái shǒu tào white glove / (fig.) (slang) intermediary in negotiations / proxy who acts on behalf of an official in corrupt dealings (to keep the official's involvement secret)
高官 gāo guān high official
青云 青雲 qīng yún clear sky / fig. high official position / noble syn
尚书 尚書 shàng shū high official / government minister syn
太保 tài bǎo a very high official in ancient China / juvenile delinquents
大员 大員 dà yuán high official syn
达官贵人 達官貴人 dá guān guì rén high official and noble persons (idiom) / the great and the good syn
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "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 syn
恩泽 恩澤 ēn zé favor from an emperor or high official syn
hóu marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / nobleman / high official syn
怀禄 懷祿 huái lù to yearn for a high official position
杀鸡何必要用牛刀呢 殺雞何必要用牛刀呢 shā jī hé bì yào yòng niú dāo ne don't use a sledgehammer to crack a nut / de minimis non curat praetor (trivial matters are of no concern to a high official)
临问 臨問 lín wèn to go personally to consult subordinates (of a high official)
显宦 顯宦 xiǎn huàn high official
高级职员 高級職員 gāo jí zhí yuán high official / senior executive
上相 shàng xiàng photogenic / (old) high official syn
官威 guān wēi the haughty demeanor of a government official / high-and-mighty attitude towards the public
提升 提昇 tí shēng to promote (to a higher-ranking position) / to lift / to hoist / (fig.) to elevate / to raise / to improve syn
排名 pái míng to rank (1st, 2nd etc) / ranking syn
排行 pái háng to rank / ranking / seniority (among siblings) syn
排行榜 pái háng bǎng the charts (of best-sellers) / table of ranking
一流 yī liú top quality / front ranking syn
名次 míng cì position in a ranking of names / place / rank
同级 同級 tóng jí on the same level / ranking equally syn
下级 下級 xià jí low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate syn
中层 中層 zhōng céng middle-ranking
仅次于 僅次于 jǐn cì yú second only to ... / ranking behind only ... syn
少校 shào xiào junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander
中校 zhōng xiào middle ranking officer in Chinese army / lieutenant colonel / commander
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])
举世 舉世 jǔ shì throughout the world / world ranking (e.g. first) syn
大校 dà xiào senior ranking officer in Chinese army / senior colonel syn
尊卑 zūn bēi superior and subordinate / social ranking
排名榜 pái míng bǎng ranking / ordered list / top 20 / roll of honor / to come nth out of 100 syn
线 xiàn thread / string / wire / line / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1] / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) syn
薄一波 bó yī bō Bo Yibo (1908-2007), ranking PRC politician, served on State Council from 1950s to 1980s as colleague of Deng Xiaoping
to ascertain / to act on / to criticize / to pass on / classifier for batches, lots, military flights / tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) syn
jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
(bound form) a person in servitude / low-ranking subordinate / (bound form) to be subordinate to / (bound form) clerical script (the style of characters intermediate between ancient seal and modern regular characters) syn
排列次序 pái liè cì xù ranking / ordering in list
文职干部 文職幹部 non-ranking cadre
或有等级 或有等級 contingent ranking
行辈 行輩 háng bèi generation and age ranking / seniority syn
吊车尾 吊車尾 diào chē wěi (coll.) lowest-ranking (student, participant etc) / to rank at the bottom of the list / to finish last
鄙视链 鄙視鏈 bǐ shì liàn a ranking of items in a particular category, with the most highly regarded on top (neologism c. 2012, coined by analogy with 食物鏈|食物链[shi2 wu4 lian4], food chain)
大头兵 大頭兵 dà tóu bīng low-ranking soldier / (by extension) low-level employee
榜一大哥 bǎng yī dà gē highest-ranking donor of a live streamer
霸榜 bà bǎng to dominate a chart / to top a ranking
高潮 gāo cháo high tide / high water / upsurge / peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm
高科技 gāo kē jì high tech / high technology
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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