长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL:位[wei4] / sir (term of address for senior officer) syn 公民 gōng mín citizen syn 普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street syn 同胞 tóng bāo born of the same parents / sibling / fellow citizen / compatriot syn 华裔 華裔 huá yì ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry syn 入籍 rù jí to become naturalized / to become a citizen 大校 dà xiào senior ranking officer in Chinese army / senior colonel syn 送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member 高管 gāo guǎn senior executive / senior manager (abbr. for 高級管理人員|高级管理人员[gao1ji2 guan3li3 ren2yuan2]) 活雷锋 活雷鋒 huó léi fēng selfless model citizen, just like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1] 尊 zūn senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel syn 士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn 主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess syn 高中生 gāo zhōng shēng senior high school student 年长 年長 nián zhǎng senior syn 元老 yuán lǎo senior figure / elder / doyen syn 前辈 前輩 qián bèi senior / older generation / precursor syn 技师 技師 jì shī senior technician / technical expert 资深 資深 zī shēn veteran (journalist etc) / senior / highly experienced syn 首长 首長 shǒu zhǎng senior official syn 高考 gāo kǎo college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4]) / (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试) 学长 學長 xué zhǎng senior or older male schoolmate syn 长者 長者 zhǎng zhě senior / older person syn 拜见 拜見 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to meet one's senior or superior syn 师兄 師兄 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher syn 不买账 不買賬 bù mǎi zhàng not to acknowledge sb as senior or superior / not to believe sth / don't buy it (slang) 大尉 dà wèi captain (army rank) / senior captain 上位 shàng wèi seat of honor / person in a high-ranking position / to be promoted to a more senior role / (genetics) epistatic syn 敬老院 jìng lǎo yuàn senior citizens' home / old folks' home syn 进言 進言 jìn yán to put forward a suggestion (to sb in a senior position) / to offer a word of advice syn 丞相 chéng xiàng the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles) / prime minister syn 高僧 gāo sēng a senior monk syn 贵妃 貴妃 guì fēi senior concubine / imperial consort syn 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 高级中学 高級中學 gāo jí zhōng xué senior high school / abbr. to 高中[gao1 zhong1] syn 师姐 師姐 shī jiě senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher 学姐 學姐 xué jiě senior or older female schoolmate 金领 金領 jīn lǐng gold collar / high-level senior executive / highly-skilled worker 高中 gāo zhōng senior high school / abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2] syn 大夫 dà fū senior official (in imperial China) syn 中招 zhōng zhāo senior high school enrollment 高级管理人员 高級管理人員 gāo jí guǎn lǐ rén yuán senior management service 张学良 張學良 zhāng xué liáng Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army 袁世凯 袁世凱 yuán shì kǎi Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China 高中学生 高中學生 gāo zhōng xué shēng student of a senior high school 祭酒 jì jiǔ to offer a libation / person who performs the libation before a banquet / senior member of a profession / important government post in imperial China 元老院 yuán lǎo yuàn upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly 何应钦 何應欽 hé yìng qīn He Yingqin (1890-1987), senior Guomindang general 太子党 太子黨 tài zǐ dǎng princelings, descendants of senior communist officials (PRC) 伯 bó father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] syn 家老 jiā lǎo (old) a senior in one's household 买帐 買帳 mǎi zhàng to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative) / to accept (a version of events) / to buy it syn 姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old) 杯酒释兵权 杯酒釋兵權 bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups / cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces 公民义务 公民義務 gōng mín yì wù civil obligation / a citizen's duty 人权和公民权宣言 人權和公民權宣言 rén quán hè gōng mín quán xuān yán Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen 公民动议 gōng mín dòng yì citizen initiative / initiative 公民媒体 gōng mín méi tǐ citizen media 全球公民奖 全球公民獎 quán qiú gōng mín jiǎng Global Citizen Award 公民新闻 公民新聞 gōng mín xīn wén citizen journalism 保护公民与公民安全研究所 保護公民與公民安全研究所 Institute for the Protection and the Security of the Citizen 解决公民与国家冲突讲习班 解決公民與國家沖突講習班 Workshop on Conflict Resolution between the Citizen and the State 公民武装力量地区部队 公民武裝力量地區部隊 Citizen's Armed Forces Geographical Units 世界公民参与联盟 世界公民參與聯盟 World Alliance for Citizen Participation 拍客 pāi kè citizen journalist (typically posting short, self-produced documentary videos on the Web) 单非 單非 dān fēi a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen 二等公民 èr děng gōng mín second-class citizen 东盟环境高官 東盟環境高官 dōng méng huán jìng gāo guān ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment / Senior Officials on the Environment 大流行病高级应急政策小组 大流行病高級應急政策小組 Pandemic Senior Emergency Policy Team / Senior Emergency Policy Team 北约高级文职代表 北約高級文職代表 NATO Senior Civilian Representative / Senior Civilian Representative 东盟林业高官 東盟林業高官 ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry / Senior Officials on Forestry 大秘 dà mì (coll.) top aide / senior personal secretary (to a senior official) 曹刚川 曹剛川 cáo gāng chuān Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader 年尊 nián zūn aged and respected / senior 张廷玉 張廷玉 zhāng tíng yù Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史[Ming2 shi3] and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典[Kang1 xi1 Zi4 dian3] 怨女 yuàn nǚ senior palace maiden / unmarried woman 舍车保帅 捨車保帥 shě jū bǎo shuài rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess) / fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling / to pass the buck 方毅 fāng yì Fang Yi (1916-1997), senior party apparatchik 末席 mò xí end seat / place for less senior person 末座 mò zuò end seat / final place (for less senior person) syn 李怀远 李懷遠 lǐ huái yuǎn Li Huaiyuan (-756), senior Tang dynasty official 无大无小 無大無小 wú dà wú xiǎo no matter how big or small / not distinguishing junior and senior 盟兄 méng xiōng senior partner in sworn brotherhood 知州 zhī zhōu senior provincial government official in dynastic China 砚兄 硯兄 yàn xiōng senior fellow student 圣僧 聖僧 shèng sēng senior monk 郡守 jùn shǒu senior provincial official in imperial China 高参 高參 gāo cān senior staff officer / staff officer of great talent 高层执行员 高層執行員 gāo céng zhí xíng yuán senior executive 高年级生 高年級生 gāo nián jí shēng senior student 高级职务 高級職務 gāo jí zhí wù high position / senior post 高级职员 高級職員 gāo jí zhí yuán high official / senior executive 高级军官 高級軍官 gāo jí jūn guān senior military officers / top brass 高级对外关系干事 Senior External Relations Officer 高级森林政策干事 Senior Forest Policy Officer 难民儿童问题高级协调员 Senior Coordinator for Refugee Children 跨国有组织犯罪问题高级专家组 kuà guó yǒu zǔ zhī fàn zuì wèn tí gāo jí zhuān jiā zǔ Senior Experts Group on Transnational Organized Crime 负责人道主义事务署长高级顾问 fù zé rén dào zhǔ yì shì wù shǔ zhǎng gāo jí gù wèn Senior Adviser to the Administrator for Humanitarian Affairs 高级民政干事 Senior Civil Affairs Officer 