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 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 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 上尉 shàng wèi captain (military rank) 级 級 jí level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier: step, level syn 晋级 晉級 jìn jí to advance in rank / promotion / advancement 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 级别 級別 jí bié (military) rank / level / grade 头号 頭號 tóu hào first rate / top rank / number one syn 待遇 dài yù treatment / pay / salary / status / rank syn 头衔 頭銜 tóu xián title / rank / appellation syn 排名 pái míng to rank (1st, 2nd etc) / ranking syn 等级 等級 děng jí grade / rank / status 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 品位 pǐn wèi rank / grade / quality / (aesthetic) taste syn 少尉 shào wèi second lieutenant (army rank) 打草惊蛇 打草驚蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) / fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others 军衔 軍銜 jūn xián army rank / military rank 名列 míng liè to rank (number 1, or third last etc) / to be among (those who are in a particular group) syn 分级 分級 fēn jí to rank / to grade / to classify / rank / grade / classification syn 名次 míng cì position in a ranking of names / place / rank 降职 降職 jiàng zhí to demote (to a lower rank) syn 排行 pái háng to rank / ranking / seniority (among siblings) syn 册封 冊封 cè fēng to confer a title upon sb / to dub / to crown / to invest with rank or title syn 青草 qīng cǎo grass 草根 cǎo gēn grass roots (lit. and fig.) 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 名列前茅 míng liè qián máo to rank among the best syn 低档 低檔 dī dàng low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior syn 大尉 dà wèi captain (army rank) / senior captain 官阶 官階 guān jiē official rank 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 官衔 官銜 guān xián title / official rank 牧草 mù cǎo pasture / forage grass / pasturage 寸草不生 cùn cǎo bù shēng lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom) / fig. barren syn 位列 wèi liè to rank 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 草本 cǎo běn grass / herb 荣华富贵 榮華富貴 róng huá fù guì glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom) / high position and great wealth 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 一品 yī pǐn superb / first-rate / (of officials in imperial times) the highest rank syn 水草 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw 上等兵 shàng děng bīng private first class (army rank) 草书 草書 cǎo shū grass script / cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style) syn 参赞 參贊 cān zàn to serve as an adviser / (diplomatic rank) attaché / counselor 警衔 警銜 jǐng xián police rank 依依 yī yī reluctant to part / (of grass etc) soft and pliable, swaying in the wind syn 功名 gōng míng scholarly honor (in imperial exams) / rank / achievement / fame / glory syn 职级 職級 zhí jí (job) position / level / grade / rank 名位 míng wèi fame and position / official rank syn 授衔 授銜 shòu xián rank of professor / academic title syn 支部 zhī bù branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party 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 高居 gāo jū to stand above / to occupy an important position / to rank (among the top few) syn 次之 cì zhī to rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc) syn 踏青 tà qīng lit. tread the green / go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April syn 葱葱 蔥蔥 cōng cōng verdant and thick (foliage, grass etc) syn 基层组织 基層組織 jī céng zǔ zhī grass-roots organization 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]) 绿草 綠草 lǜ cǎo green grass 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) 凉粉 涼粉 liáng fěn liangfen (Chinese dish) / grass jelly (Chinese dish) 吃草 chī cǎo to graze / to eat grass 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) 百草 bǎi cǎo all kinds of grass / all kinds of flora 草鱼 草魚 cǎo yú grass carp syn 枯草 kū cǎo withered grass / dry grass 仙草 xiān cǎo medicinal herb (genus Mesona) / grass jelly 草莽 cǎo mǎng a rank growth of grass / uncultivated land / wilderness syn 拈花惹草 niān huā rě cǎo lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom) / fig. to womanize / to frequent brothels / to sow one's wild oats syn 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler) 割草 gē cǎo mow grass 饲草 飼草 sì cǎo forage grass syn 刍议 芻議 chú yì lit. grass-cutter's comment (humble) / fig. my observation as a humble layman / my humble opinion 分蘖 分櫱 fēn niè tiller (stem at the base of grass plants) syn 劲草 勁草 jìng cǎo tough upright grass / (fig.) a staunch character who is loyal despite danger and hardship 司寇 sī kòu minister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China) 香茅 xiāng máo lemon grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) 禾本科 hé běn kē Graminae or Poaceae, the grass family 贵 貴 guì expensive / (bound form) highly valued / precious / (bound form) noble / of high rank / (prefix) (honorific) your syn 草 cǎo grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1] syn 矮 ǎi (of a person) short / (of a wall etc) low / (of rank) inferior (to) / lower (than) syn 告密者 gào mì zhě tell-tale / informer (esp. to police) / whistleblower / grass 薰 xūn sweet-smelling grass / Coumarouna odorata / tonka beans / coumarin syn 薛 xuē wormwood like grass (classical) 芒 máng awn (of cereals) / arista (of grain) / tip (of a blade) / Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass) / variant of 邙, Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan 阶 階 jiē rank or step / stairs syn 衔 銜 xián bit (of a bridle) / to hold in the mouth / to harbor (feelings) / to link / to accept / rank / title syn 撮 zuǒ classifier for hair or grass: tuft / Taiwan pr. [cuo4] syn 贵人 貴人 guì rén nobility / person of high rank syn 艹 cǎo grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5] 莽 mǎng (bound form) dense growth of grass / (literary) vast / boundless / (bound form) boorish / reckless 荼 tú thistle / common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) / bitter (taste) / cruel / flowering grass in profusion 莎草 suō cǎo coco-grass / nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus) 荐 薦 jiàn to recommend / to offer sacrifice (arch.) / grass / straw mat syn 茸 róng (bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine / downy syn 荪 蓀 sūn fragrant grass 