上 shàng (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above syn 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 门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 小姐 xiǎo jie young lady / miss / (slang) prostitute / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 婊子 biǎo zi prostitute / whore syn 类 類 lèi kind / type / class / category / (classifier) kind / type / (bound form) to resemble / to be similar to 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 妓女 jì nǚ prostitute / hooker syn 士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn 上课 上課 shàng kè to go to class / to attend class / to go to teach a class syn 荡妇 蕩婦 dàng fù slut / floozy / prostitute syn 鸭子 鴨子 yā zi duck / male prostitute (slang) syn 条子 條子 tiáo zi short note / slip of paper / stripe / (slang) cop / (old) prostitute syn 低调 低調 dī diào low pitch / quiet (voice) / subdued / low-key / low-profile 打工 dǎ gōng to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation 高层 高層 gāo céng high-rise / high level / high class 一级 一級 yī jí first class / category A 下士 xià shì lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy) 气质 氣質 qì zhì personality traits / temperament / disposition / aura / air / feel / vibe / refinement / sophistication / class syn 二级 二級 èr jí grade 2 / second class / category B 烟花 煙花 yān huā fireworks / prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater) syn 低级 低級 dī jí low level / rudimentary / vulgar / low / inferior syn 重量级 重量級 zhòng liàng jí (sports) heavyweight class / (fig.) important / major / prominent / influential 出身 chū shēn to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin syn 头等舱 頭等艙 tóu děng cāng 1st class cabin 下流 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene syn 卖淫 賣淫 mài yín prostitution / to prostitute oneself syn 种类 種類 zhǒng lèi kind / genus / type / category / variety / species / sort / class syn 班长 班長 bān zhǎng class monitor / squad leader / team leader / CL:個|个[ge4] 班级 班級 bān jí class (group of students) / grade (in school) 下课 下課 xià kè to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired 上流 shàng liú upper class syn 阶级 階級 jiē jí (social) class / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 头等 頭等 tóu děng first class / prime / main syn 同等 tóng děng equal to / having the same social class or status syn 中产阶级 中產階級 zhōng chǎn jiē jí middle class 阶层 階層 jiē céng social class 逃课 逃課 táo kè to skip class syn 档次 檔次 dàng cì grade / class / quality / level syn 星级 星級 xīng jí star rating / top-class / highly rated 世界级 世界級 shì jiè jí world-class syn 全班 quán bān the whole class 二等 èr děng second class / second-rate 低潮 dī cháo low tide / low ebb 旁听 旁聽 páng tīng to sit in on (proceedings) / to be present at a meeting as an observer / to audit (a class) 娼妓 chāng jì prostitute syn 一等 yī děng first class / grade A syn 下层 下層 xià céng underlayer / lower class / lower strata / substrate 量级 量級 liàng jí order of magnitude / weight class (boxing etc) / (fig.) class (level of capability) 经济舱 經濟艙 jīng jì cāng economy class 低沉 dī chén (of weather) overcast / gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited / downcast syn 三级 三級 sān jí grade 3 / third class / category C 卖身 賣身 mài shēn to prostitute oneself / to sell oneself into slavery syn 教课 教課 jiāo kè to teach class / to lecture syn 同班 tóng bān to be in the same class / to be in the same squad / classmate syn 自习 自習 zì xí to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons) / to study in one's free time / individual study syn 贵妇 貴婦 guì fù upper-class woman / lady (old) syn 培训班 培訓班 péi xùn bān training class syn 野草 yě cǎo weeds / mistress or prostitute (old) syn 野鸡 野雞 yě jī pheasant / unregistered and operating illegally (business) / (slang) prostitute syn 下级 下級 xià jí low ranking / low level / underclass / subordinate syn 班主任 bān zhǔ rèn teacher in charge of a class 补习班 補習班 bǔ xí bān cram class / cram school / evening classes syn 迎宾 迎賓 yíng bīn to welcome a guest / to entertain a customer (of prostitute) syn 牛郎 niú láng cowherd boy / (slang) male prostitute syn 听课 聽課 tīng kè to attend a class / to go to a lecture 课程表 課程表 kè chéng biǎo class timetable syn 优等 優等 yōu děng first-rate / of the highest order / high-class / excellent / superior syn 工人阶级 工人階級 gōng rén jiē jí working class syn 低压 低壓 dī yā low pressure / low voltage 领导层 領導層 lǐng dǎo céng ruling class / leaders (of society) / oligarchy 课时 課時 kè shí class / period syn 上乘 shàng chéng first-class / best quality / also pr. [shang4 sheng4] syn 补课 補課 bǔ kè to make up missed lesson / to reschedule a class 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) 归入 歸入 guī rù to assign (to a class) / to classify as / to include syn 高攀 gāo pān social climbing / to claim connections with people in higher social class 辅导班 輔導班 fǔ dǎo bān tutorial class / remedial class / preparatory course syn 良民 liáng mín good people / ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class) syn 甲等 jiǎ děng grade A / first-class syn 从良 從良 cóng liáng (of a slave or servant) to be given one's freedom / (of a prostitute) to marry and leave one's trade 正品 zhèng pǐn certified goods / quality product / normal product / A-class goods 资产阶级 資產階級 zī chǎn jiē jí the capitalist class / the bourgeoisie syn 甲级 甲級 jiǎ jí first rate / top class / excellent syn 中班 zhōng bān middle shift / swing shift / early night shift / middle class in kindergarten (4-5 year olds) 四级 四級 sì jí grade 4 / fourth class / category D 上等兵 shàng děng bīng private first class (army rank) 阶级斗争 階級鬥爭 jiē jí dòu zhēng class struggle 神女 shén nǚ goddess / (old) prostitute syn 门类 門類 mén lèi category / kind / class syn 大班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade syn 班会 班會 bān huì class meeting (in schools) 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 工薪族 gōng xīn zú salaried class 顶尖级 頂尖級 dǐng jiān jí first class / top / world best syn 一类 一類 yī lèi same type / category 1 (i.e. class A) 学时 學時 xué shí class hour / period syn 相公 xiàng gong lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband syn 