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 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 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) 金矿 金礦 jīn kuàng gold mine / gold ore syn 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 开采 開採 kāi cǎi to extract (ore or other resource from a mine) / to exploit / to mine syn 打分 dǎ fēn to grade / to give a mark 矿石 礦石 kuàng shí ore 一等 yī děng first class / grade A syn 提炼 提煉 tí liàn to extract (ore, minerals etc) / to refine / to purify / to process syn 三级 三級 sān jí grade 3 / third class / category C 低劣 dī liè inferior quality / substandard / low-grade 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 铁矿 鐵礦 tiě kuàng iron ore / iron ore mine 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 矿脉 礦脈 kuàng mài vein of ore 四级 四級 sì jí grade 4 / fourth class / category D 铜矿 銅礦 tóng kuàng copper mine / copper ore 窑子 窯子 yáo zi (old) low-grade brothel 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 铁矿石 鐵礦石 tiě kuàng shí iron ore 阅卷 閱卷 yuè juàn to grade exam papers 采掘 採掘 cǎi jué to excavate / to extract (ore) syn 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) 烧结 燒結 shāo jié to sinter / to agglomerate ore by burning syn 考级 考級 kǎo jí to take a test to establish one's level of proficiency / placement test / (music) grade exam 挖矿 挖礦 wā kuàng to mine ore or minerals / (computing) to mine cryptocurrency 考分 kǎo fēn grade / exam mark 甲级战犯 甲級戰犯 jiǎ jí zhàn fàn a grade A war criminal 精矿 精礦 jīng kuàng refined ore / concentrate 尾矿 尾礦 wěi kuàng mining waste / waste remaining after processing ore / tailings 锰矿 錳礦 měng kuàng manganese ore 磷矿 磷礦 lín kuàng phosphate ore 回采 回採 huí cǎi stoping (excavating ore using stepped terraces) / to extract ore / extraction / to pull back 富矿 富礦 fù kuàng high-grade ore 焙烧 焙燒 bèi shāo to roast / to bake (e.g. mineral 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 锡矿 錫礦 xī kuàng tin ore 复读生 復讀生 fù dú shēng student who repeats (a course, grade etc) at school 矿体 礦體 kuàng tǐ ore body (geology) syn 超等 chāo děng superior grade syn 铝矾土 鋁礬土 lǚ fán tǔ bauxite / aluminum ore 赤铁矿 赤鐵礦 chì tiě kuàng hematite (red iron ore) / ferric oxide Fe2O3 鹇 鷴 xián silver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus) / silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade 铝土 鋁土 lǚ tǔ bauxite / aluminum ore 鑛 kuàng variant of 礦|矿 / mining / ore 鷴 xián silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade 八级工 八級工 bā jí gōng grade 8 worker (highest on the eight grade wage scale) / top-grade worker 矿层 礦層 kuàng céng ore stratum / vein of ore 贫矿 貧礦 pín kuàng low grade ore 丙等 bǐng děng third rank / third category / third grade / grade C Ａ咖 A kā class "A" / top grade / class "A" / top grade 剥采比 剝採比 bō cǎi bǐ stripping-to-ore ratio / stripping ratio 沥青铀矿 瀝青鈾礦 lì qīng yóu kuàng pitchblende (uranium ore) 礜石 yù shí arsenic ore / arsenopiryte FeAsS 菱镁矿 菱鎂礦 líng měi kuàng magnesite / magnesium ore 铅矿 鉛礦 qiān kuàng lead ore 锆英砂 鋯英砂 gào yīng shā zircon sand (zirconium ore) 钛铁矿 鈦鐵礦 tài tiě kuàng ilmenite FeTiO3 / titanium ore 矿砂船 礦砂船 kuàng shā chuán ore carrier 硫化矿 liú huà kuàng sulphide ore 铀矿石浓缩物 鈾礦石濃縮物 yóu kuàng shí nóng suō wù uranium ore concentrate / uranium concentrate / yellowcake 铀浓缩物 鈾濃縮物 yóu nóng suō wù uranium ore concentrate / uranium concentrate / yellowcake 铀黄饼 鈾黃餅 yóu huáng bǐng uranium ore concentrate / uranium concentrate / yellowcake 铁矿出口国家协会 鐵礦出口國家協會 Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries 塃 huāng (dialect) newly-mined ore 八级工资制 八級工資制 bā jí gōng zī zhì eight grade wage scale (system) 核武器材料 hé wǔ qì cái liào nuclear weapon material / weapon's grade material 