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 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 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) 军衔 軍銜 jūn xián army rank / military rank 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 册封 冊封 cè fēng to confer a title upon sb / to dub / to crown / to invest with rank or title 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 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 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 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 上等兵 shàng děng bīng private first class (army rank) 参赞 參贊 cān zàn to serve as an adviser / (diplomatic rank) attaché / counselor 警衔 警銜 jǐng xián police rank 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 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 次之 cì zhī to rank second (in terms of some attribute: size, frequency, quality etc) 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]) 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) 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) 草莽 cǎo mǎng a rank growth of grass / uncultivated land / wilderness 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) 司寇 sī kòu minister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China) 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 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 贵人 貴人 guì rén nobility / person of high rank syn 秩 zhì (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order / orderliness / (literary) decade 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) 弁 biàn (old) cap (garment) / military officer of low rank (in former times) / preceding 膻 shān fetid / gamy / rank / (esp.) hircine syn 横队 橫隊 héng duì rank / row / troops (or vehicles etc) lined up side by side 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 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 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 承籍 chéng jí to inherit a rank (from a predecessor) 掌玺大臣 掌璽大臣 zhǎng xǐ dà chén chancellor (rank in various European states) / grand chancellor 掌玺官 掌璽官 zhǎng xǐ guān chancellor (rank in various European states) 荣禄大夫 榮祿大夫 róng lù dà fū a rank in government service 爵禄 爵祿 jué lù rank and emolument of nobility 社会等级 社會等級 shè huì děng jí social rank / class / caste 禄星 祿星 lù xīng Star God of Rank and Affluence (Daoism) 禄秩 祿秩 lù zhì official rank and pay 等第 děng dì level / rank / grade / rating syn 超迁 超遷 chāo qiān (literary) to be promoted more than one grade or rank at a time / to be promoted ahead of time 关文 關文 guān wén official document sent to an agency (or an official) of equal rank (in imperial times) 顶戴 頂戴 dǐng dài cap badge (official sign of rank in Qing dynasty) 首重 shǒu zhòng to emphasize / to give the most weight to / to rank first 喽啰 嘍囉 lóu luo rank and file member of an outlaw gang / (fig.) underling / minion / small fry 佩奇等级 佩奇等級 PageRank / page rank 国际中级和高级煤代号系统 國際中級和高級煤代號系統 International Codification System for Medium- and High-rank Coals 普通的 rank-and-file 按职定级法 按職定級法 rank-in-job approach 