长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL:位[wei4] / sir (term of address for senior officer) syn 米歇尔 米歇爾 mǐ xiē ěr Michel or Mitchell (name) / George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009 外交官 wài jiāo guān diplomat 外交家 wài jiāo jiā diplomat 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 国书 國書 guó shū credentials (of a diplomat) / documents exchanged between nations / national or dynastic history book 公使 gōng shǐ minister / diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations 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]) 李鸿章 李鴻章 lǐ hóng zhāng Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat 唐家璇 táng jiā xuán Tang Jiaxuan (1938-), politician and diplomat 金成 金晟 jīn chéng Sung KIM, US diplomat and director of US State Department's Korea office 鲁肃 魯肅 lǔ sù Lu Su or Lu Zijing 魯子敬|鲁子敬 (172-217), statesman, diplomat and strategist of Eastern Wu 東吳|东吴 苏武 蘇武 sū wǔ Su Wu (140-60 BC), Han Dynasty diplomat and statesman, regarded as a model of courage and faithful service 辜振甫 gū zhèn fǔ Koo Chen-fu (1917-2005), Taiwanese businessman and diplomat 尊 zūn senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel syn 乔冠华 喬冠華 qiáo guān huà Qiao Guanhua (1913-1973), PRC politician and diplomat 乔冠华 喬冠華 qiáo guàn huá Qiao Guanhua (1913-1973), PRC politician and diplomat 王家瑞 wáng jiā ruì Wang Jiarui (1949-), PRC politician and diplomat, head of CCP central committee's international liaison department 對外聯絡部|对外联络部[dui4 wai4 lian2 luo4 bu4] 2003-2015 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 本杰明·富兰克林 本傑明·富蘭克林 Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat 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 张荫桓 張蔭桓 zhāng yìn huán Zhang Yinhuan (1837-1900), late Qing politician and senior Chinese diplomat 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) 沙祖康 shā zǔ kāng Sha Zukang (1947-), Chinese diplomat 唐绍仪 唐紹儀 táng shào yí Tang Shaoyi (1862-1939), politician and diplomat 卫奕信 衛奕信 wèi yì xìn David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn (1935-), British diplomat and China expert, Governor of Hong Kong 1986-1992 杨洁篪 楊潔篪 yáng jié chí Yang Jiechi (1950-), Chinese politician and diplomat, foreign minister of PRC 2007-2013 丘尔金 丘爾金 qiū ěr jīn Churkin (name) / Vitaly I. Churkin (1952-), Russian diplomat, Ambassador to UN from 2006 伍廷芳 wǔ tíng fāng Wu Tingfang (1842-1922), diplomat and lawyer 使领官员 使領官員 shǐ lǐng guān yuán ambassador and consul / diplomat 克林德 kè lín dé Clemens von Ketteler (1853-1900), German diplomat killed during the Boxer Rebellion 義和團運動|义和团运动[Yi4he2tuan2 Yun4dong4] 冀朝铸 冀朝鑄 jì cháo zhù Ji Chaozhu (1929-2020), Chinese diplomat 刘贵今 劉貴今 liú guì jīn Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative to Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue 塔列朗 tǎ liè lǎng Talleyrand (name) / Prince Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838), French diplomat 奕䜣 奕訢 yì xīn Grand Prince Yixin (1833-1898), sixth son of Emperor Daoguang, prominent politician, diplomat and modernizer in late Qing 威妥玛 威妥瑪 wēi tuǒ mǎ Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, originator of the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system 尤德 yóu dé Sir Edward Youde (1924-1986), British diplomat, ambassador to Beijing 1974-1978, governor of Hong Kong 1982-1986 恭亲王奕䜣 恭親王奕訢 gōng qīn wáng yì xīn Grand Prince Yixin (1833-1898), sixth son of Emperor Daoguang, prominent politician, diplomat and modernizer in late Qing 戴秉国 戴秉國 dài bǐng guó Dai Bingguo (1941-), a Chinese politician and professional diplomat 拉夫罗夫 拉夫羅夫 lā fū luó fū Lavrov (name) / Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (1950-), Russian diplomat and politician, Foreign minister from 2004 拉兹莫夫斯基 拉茲莫夫斯基 lā zī mò fū sī jī Razumovsky (name) / Prince Andrey Kirillovich Razumovsky (1752-1836), Russian diplomat 曾纪泽 曾紀澤 zēng jì zé Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia 潘基文 pān jī wén Ban Ki Moon (1944-), Korean diplomat, UN secretary-general 2007-2016 班超 bān chāo Ban Chao (33-102), noted Han diplomat and military man 甘巴里 gān bā lǐ Ibrahim Gambari (1944-), Nigerian diplomat and academic 翟理斯 zhái lǐ sī Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935), British diplomat and linguist, contributor to the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system 萧万长 蕭萬長 xiāo wàn cháng Vincent C. Siew (1939-), Taiwanese diplomat and Kuomintang politician, prime minister 1997-2000, vice president 2008-2012 薄瑞光 bó ruì guāng Raymond Burghard (1945-), US diplomat and ambassador to Vietnam 2001-2004, chairman of American Institute in Taiwan from 2006 越飞 越飛 yuè fēi Adolph Abramovich Joffe (1883-1927), Soviet and Comintern diplomat and spy in 1922-23 in Republican China 金桂冠 jīn guì guān Kim Kye-gwan (1943-), North Korean diplomat, first vice-foreign minister and chief negotiator 2010-2019 阿赫蒂萨里 阿赫蒂薩里 ā hè dì sà lǐ Martti Ahtisaari (1937-), Finnish diplomat and politician, veteran peace negotiator and 2008 Nobel peace laureate 陆征祥 陸徵祥 lù zhēng xiáng Lu Zhengxiang (1871-1949), Chinese diplomat and Catholic monk 霍尔布鲁克 霍爾布魯克 huò ěr bù lǔ kè Holbrook (name) / Richard C.A. Holbrooke (1941-2010), US diplomat, influential in brokering 1995 Dayton Bosnian peace deal, US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2009 