级 級 jí level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier: step, level syn 步步 bù bù step by step / at every step 分步骤 分步驟 fēn bù zhòu step by step / one step at a time 分级 分級 fēn jí to rank / to grade / to classify / rank / grade / classification syn 军衔 軍銜 jūn xián army rank / military rank 秩 zhì (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order / orderliness / (literary) decade syn 军阶识别符号 軍階識別符號 insigna of rank / insigna / badge of rank 军阶章 軍階章 insigna of rank / insigna / badge of rank 逐步 zhú bù progressively / step by step syn 第一步 dì yī bù step one / first step 跨越 kuà yuè to step across / step over syn 出面 chū miàn to appear personally / to step in / to step forth / to show up syn 迈出 邁出 mài chū to step out / to take a (first) step syn 分期 fēn qī by stages / staggered / step by step / in installments 循序渐进 循序漸進 xún xù jiàn jìn in sequence, step by step (idiom) / to make steady progress incrementally syn 节节 節節 jié jié step by step / little by little syn 迈步 邁步 mài bù to take a step / to step forward syn 渐进 漸進 jiàn jìn progress step by step / gradual progress / to move forward (slowly) syn 步步为营 步步為營 bù bù wéi yíng to advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step / to consolidate at every step syn 拾级 拾級 shè jí to go up or down stairs step by step 插足 chā zú to squeeze in / to step in / to take part / to step between (two persons in a relationship) syn 步步高升 步步高陞 bù bù gāo shēng to climb step by step / to rise steadily / on the up and up syn 步进制 步進制 bù jìn zhì step by step system 弓箭步 gōng jiàn bù bow-and-arrow step (dance step) 摸着石头过河 摸著石頭過河 mō zhe shí tou guò hé to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom) / to advance cautiously, step by step / to feel one's way forward 渐进原则 漸進原則 step-by-step principle 儿童死亡率评估入门 兒童死亡率評估入門 Step by Step Guide to the Estimation of Child Mortality 等级 等級 děng jí grade / rank / status syn 级别 級別 jí bié (military) rank / level / grade 头衔 頭銜 tóu xián title / rank / appellation 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 排名 pái míng to rank (1st, 2nd etc) / ranking syn 排行 pái háng to rank / ranking / seniority (among siblings) syn 待遇 dài yù treatment / pay / salary / status / rank 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 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 品位 pǐn wèi rank / grade / quality / (aesthetic) taste syn 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 名次 míng cì position in a ranking of names / place / rank 晋级 晉級 jìn jí to advance in rank / promotion / advancement syn 名列 míng liè to rank (number 1, or third last etc) / to be among (those who are in a particular group) syn 头号 頭號 tóu hào first rate / top rank / number one 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 上尉 shàng wèi captain (military rank) 一品 yī pǐn superb / first-rate / (of officials in imperial times) the highest rank syn 少尉 shào wèi second lieutenant (army rank) 位列 wèi liè to rank syn 名列前茅 míng liè qián máo to rank among the best syn 功名 gōng míng scholarly honor (in imperial exams) / rank / achievement / fame / glory syn 低档 低檔 dī dàng low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior syn 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]) 高居 gāo jū to stand above / to occupy an important position / to rank (among the top few) syn 上等兵 shàng děng bīng private first class (army rank) 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) 次之 cì zhī to rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc) syn 荣华富贵 榮華富貴 róng huá fù guì glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom) / high position and great wealth syn 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) 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 参赞 參贊 cān zàn to serve as an adviser / (diplomatic rank) attaché / counselor 册封 冊封 cè fēng to confer a title upon sb / to dub / to crown / to invest with rank or title syn 草莽 cǎo mǎng a rank growth of grass / uncultivated land / wilderness syn 官衔 官銜 guān xián title / official rank 降职 降職 jiàng zhí to demote (to a lower rank) syn 职级 職級 zhí jí (job) position / level / grade / rank 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler) 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 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 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 官阶 官階 guān jiē official rank 大尉 dà wèi captain (army rank) / senior captain 名位 míng wèi fame and position / official rank 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 司寇 sī kòu minister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China) 警衔 警銜 jǐng xián police rank 授衔 授銜 shòu xián rank of professor / academic title syn 禄位 祿位 lù wèi official rank and salary 翎子 líng zi peacock feathers on an official's hat displaying his rank (traditional) / pheasant tail feathers on warriors' helmets (opera) 贵 貴 guì expensive / (bound form) highly valued / precious / (bound form) noble / of high rank / (prefix) (honorific) your syn 矮 ǎi (of a person) short / (of a wall etc) low / (of rank) inferior (to) / lower (than) syn 衔 銜 xián bit (of a bridle) / to hold in the mouth / to harbor (feelings) / to link / to accept / rank / title syn 弁 biàn (old) cap (garment) / military officer of low rank (in former times) / preceding 膻 shān fetid / gamy / rank / (esp.) hircine syn 羶 shān rank odor (of sheep or goats) 蕝 jué coarse grass used to show rank 功名利禄 功名利祿 gōng míng lì lù position and wealth (idiom) / rank, fame and fortune syn 看人行事 kàn rén xíng shì to treat people according to their rank and one's relationship with them (idiom) 茻 mǎng rank grass / overgrown weeds 进身之阶 進身之階 jìn shēn zhī jiē stepping-stone to greater power or higher rank 暗转 暗轉 àn zhuǎn (theater) blackout (e.g. at the end of a scene) / (literary) to be promoted in rank secretly 玠 jiè jade tablet indicating rank 兰克 蘭克 lán kè Rank (name) / Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886), important German historian 世禄 世祿 shì lù hereditary benefits such as rank and wealth 丙等 bǐng děng third rank / third category / third grade / grade C 品第 pǐn dì grade (i.e. quality) / rank 国政 國政 guó zhèng national politics / archaic rank, "Minister of State" / common given name syn 学衔 學銜 xué xián academic title / rank 专美于前 專美於前 zhuān měi yú qián to monopolize the limelight (idiom) / to get all the glory / to rank highest 