长官 長官 zhǎng guān senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL:位[wei4] / sir (term of address for senior officer) syn 岗哨 崗哨 gǎng shào lookout post / sentry post / sentry syn 蝉联 蟬聯 chán lián to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship syn 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]) 调职 調職 diào zhí to be transferred to another post / to post away 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 尊 zūn senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel syn 岗 崗 gǎng (bound form) hillock / mound / sentry post / policeman's beat / (bound form) job / post syn 官复原职 官復原職 guān fù yuán zhí restored to one's official post / to send sb back to his former post 邮汇 郵匯 yóu huì to remit by post / remittance sent by post syn 提出 tí chū to raise (an issue) / to propose / to put forward / to suggest / to post (on a website) / to withdraw (cash) 邮件 郵件 yóu jiàn mail / post / email 任 rèn to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友) syn 沙发 沙發 shā fā sofa (loanword) / CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1] / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post 士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn 职位 職位 zhí wèi position / post / job syn 后 後 hòu back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post- syn 主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess syn 信箱 xìn xiāng mailbox / post office box syn 担任 擔任 dān rèn to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as syn 岗位 崗位 gǎng wèi a post / a job syn 邮箱 郵箱 yóu xiāng mailbox / post office box / email / email inbox syn 高中生 gāo zhōng shēng senior high school student 职务 職務 zhí wù post / position / job / duties syn 邮局 郵局 yóu jú post office / CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4] syn 接替 jiē tì to replace / to take over (a position or post) syn 年长 年長 nián zhǎng senior syn 指挥部 指揮部 zhǐ huī bù headquarters / command post 元老 yuán lǎo senior figure / elder / doyen syn 公告 gōng gào post / announcement 前辈 前輩 qián bèi senior / older generation / precursor syn 就职 就職 jiù zhí to take office / to assume a post syn 复职 復職 fù zhí to resume a post 技师 技師 jì shī senior technician / technical expert 资深 資深 zī shēn veteran (journalist etc) / senior / highly experienced syn 任职 任職 rèn zhí to hold a post / to take office syn 现任 現任 xiàn rèn to occupy a post currently / current (president etc) / incumbent / (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse) 邮报 郵報 yóu bào Post (in the name of a newspaper) 首长 首長 shǒu zhǎng senior official syn 发信 發信 fā xìn to post a letter syn 职守 職守 zhí shǒu duty / responsibility / post syn 邮寄 郵寄 yóu jì to mail / to send by post syn 启事 啟事 qǐ shì announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website) / to post information / a notice syn 受命 shòu mìng ordained or appointed to a post / to benefit from counsel syn 张贴 張貼 zhāng tiē to post (a notice) / to advertise 就任 jiù rèn to take office / to assume a post 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 文职 文職 wén zhí civilian post (as opposed to military) / civil service / administration 在职 在職 zài zhí to be employed / to be in post / on-the-job 上岗 上崗 shàng gǎng to take up one's post / to go on duty / to take up a job 梵高 fán gāo Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch post-Impressionist painter 拜见 拜見 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to meet one's senior or superior syn 出任 chū rèn to take up a post / to start in a new job syn 驻守 駐守 zhù shǒu (man a post and) defend syn 差使 chāi shi official post / billet / commission / CL:件[jian4] / see also 差事[chai1 shi5] syn 离队 離隊 lí duì to leave one's post 绞刑架 絞刑架 jiǎo xíng jià gibbet / hanging post 师兄 師兄 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher syn 邮递 郵遞 yóu dì to mail / to deliver (through the post) syn 叶利钦 葉利欽 yè lì qīn Yeltsin (name) / Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) first post-communist president of Russia 1991-1999 供职 供職 gòng zhí to hold an office or post syn 驿站 驛站 yì zhàn relay station for post horses (old) 免职 免職 miǎn zhí to relieve sb of his post / to sack / to demote / dismissal / sacking syn 调任 調任 diào rèn to transfer / to move to another post 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 晨报 晨報 chén bào morning newspaper / (in a newspaper's name) Morning Post 上位 shàng wèi seat of honor / person in a high-ranking position / to be promoted to a more senior role / (genetics) epistatic syn 标杆 標杆 biāo gān surveyor's pole / post (used for a landmark) / (fig.) goal / model / benchmark 兼任 jiān rèn to hold a concurrent post / part-time / (in academia) adjunct syn 后怕 後怕 hòu pà lingering fear / fear after the event / post-traumatic stress syn 首任 shǒu rèn first person to be appointed to a post syn 罢免 罷免 bà miǎn to remove sb from their post / to dismiss syn 水军 水軍 shuǐ jūn (archaic) navy / person employed to post messages on the Internet (abbr. for 網絡水軍|网络水军[Wang3luo4 shui3jun1]) syn 走马上任 走馬上任 zǒu mǎ shàng rèn (idiom) to take office / to assume a post syn 邮政局 郵政局 yóu zhèng jú post office 离任 離任 lí rèn to leave office / to leave one's post syn 口岸 kǒu àn a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries 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 在岗 在崗 zài gǎng to be at one's post 到任 dào rèn to take office / to assume a post syn 哨所 shào suǒ watchhouse / sentry post syn 赴任 fù rèn to travel to take up a new post syn 乌纱帽 烏紗帽 wū shā mào black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position) / (fig.) official post syn 补给站 補給站 bǔ jǐ zhàn depot / supply station / supply point / staging post 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 副教授 fù jiào shòu associate professor (university post) 高级中学 高級中學 gāo jí zhōng xué senior high school / abbr. to 高中[gao1 zhong1] syn 寄出 jì chū to mail / to send by post 名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn 正职 正職 zhèng zhí main job / day job / steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual) / chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy) 