空 kòng to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time syn 定位 dìng wèi to orientate / to position / to categorize (as) / to characterize (as) / positioning / position / niche syn 空地 kòng dì vacant land / open space syn 空闲 空閒 kòng xián leisure / spare time / (of a person) free / unoccupied / (of equipment, rooms etc) unoccupied / unused / idle / vacant / spare syn 升迁 升遷 shēng qiān to advance to a higher-level position / to be promoted to a higher position in a new department syn 空空 kōng kōng empty / vacuous / nothing / vacant / in vain / all for nothing / air-to-air (missile) 空余 空餘 kòng yú free / vacant / unoccupied syn 原位 yuán wèi original position / (in) the same place / normal position / the place where one currently is / in situ 高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn 头寸 頭寸 tóu cùn (finance) cash position / position syn 暂缺 暫缺 zàn quē currently in short supply / in deficit (of commodity) / currently vacant (position) 缺位 quē wèi (of a position) to fall vacant / vacant post / a vacancy / (of regulation, service etc) unsatisfactory / dysfunctional 虚位以待 虛位以待 xū wèi yǐ dài to reserve a seat / to leave a position vacant syn 缺 quē deficiency / lack / scarce / vacant post / to run short of syn 把 bǎ to hold / to grasp / to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate / handlebar / classifier: handful, bundle, bunch / classifier for things with handles / (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) syn 位 wèi position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential syn 令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn 处 處 chǔ to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish syn 位置 wèi zhi position / place / seat / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 安 ān (bound form) calm / peaceful / to calm / to set at ease / safe / secure / in good health / content / satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1yu2]) / to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) / to install / to fix / to fit / to bring (a charge against sb) / to harbor (certain intentions) / ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1pei2]) syn 处于 處於 chǔ yú to be in (some state, position, or condition) syn 姿势 姿勢 zī shì posture / position syn 职位 職位 zhí wèi position / post / job syn 立场 立場 lì chǎng position / standpoint / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 地位 dì wèi position / status / place / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 代理 dài lǐ to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position / to act as an agent or proxy / surrogate / (computing) proxy syn 提升 提昇 tí shēng to promote (to a higher-ranking position) / to lift / to hoist / (fig.) to elevate / to raise / to improve syn 培养 培養 péi yǎng to cultivate / to breed / to foster / to nurture / to educate / to groom (for a position) / education / fostering / culture (biology) syn 到位 dào wèi to get to the intended location / to be in place / to be in position / precise / well (done) syn 方位 fāng wèi direction / points of the compass / bearing / position / azimuth syn 得以 dé yǐ able to / so that sb can / enabling / in order to / finally in a position to / with sth in view syn 分歧 fēn qí divergent / difference (of opinion, position) / disagreement / (math.) bifurcation syn 置于 zhì yú to place in / to put in (a position) syn 职务 職務 zhí wù post / position / job / duties syn 接替 jiē tì to replace / to take over (a position or post) syn 主张 主張 zhǔ zhāng to advocate / to stand for / view / position / stand / proposition / viewpoint / assertion / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 表态 表態 biǎo tài to declare one's position / to say where one stands 下台 下臺 xià tái to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook syn 讲座 講座 jiǎng zuò course of lectures / lecture series / chair (academic position) 晋升 晉升 jìn shēng to promote to a higher position syn 阵地 陣地 zhèn dì (military) position / front syn 崛起 jué qǐ to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power) syn 应聘 應聘 yìng pìn to accept a job offer / to apply for an advertised position 前卫 前衛 qián wèi advanced guard / vanguard / avant-garde / forward (soccer position) 征召 徵召 zhēng zhào to enlist / to draft / to conscript / to appoint to an official position syn 安插 ān chā to place in a certain position / to assign to a job / to plant / resettlement (old) syn 阐述 闡述 chǎn shù to expound (a position) / to elaborate (on a topic) / to treat (a subject) syn 架势 架勢 jià shi attitude / position (on an issue etc) syn 唱反调 唱反調 chàng fǎn diào to express a different view / to take a different position syn 前沿 qián yán (military) forward position / frontier / cutting-edge / forefront syn 主动权 主動權 zhǔ dòng quán initiative (as in "seize the initiative") / advantageous position that allows one to call the shots 进站 進站 jìn zhàn (of a train, bus etc) to pull into a station / to arrive at a stop / (of a person) to enter a station / to visit a website / to formally begin a temporary postdoctoral research position (China has postdoctoral research "stations" 博士後流動站|博士后流动站[bo2shi4hou4 liu2dong4zhan4] where postdocs conduct research for a limited period.) 攻占 攻佔 gōng zhàn to seize control of (an enemy position) / (fig.) to take by storm / to gain (awards, control of a market etc) syn 外线 外線 wài xiàn (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line 名次 míng cì position in a ranking of names / place / rank 跳槽 tiào cáo to leave one's job to take up a position elsewhere 下风 下風 xià fēng leeward / downwind / disadvantageous position / to concede or give way in an argument 复位 復位 fù wèi to restore sb or sth to its original position / to regain the throne / to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc) / reset 平步青云 平步青雲 píng bù qīng yún to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc) syn 居高临下 居高臨下 jū gāo lín xià lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom) / fig. to occupy a commanding position / to assume a haughty attitude syn 任教 rèn jiào to hold a teaching position syn 重用 zhòng yòng to put in an important position syn 混迹 混跡 hùn jì mixed in as part of a community / hiding one's identity / occupying a position while not deserving it syn 眺望 tiào wàng to survey the scene from an elevated position syn 交椅 jiāo yǐ old-style wooden folding armchair, typically featuring a footrest / (fig.) position in a hierarchy syn 内定 內定 nèi dìng to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried 自白 zì bái confession / to make clear one's position or intentions / to brag 提法 tí fǎ wording (of a proposal) / formulation / viewpoint (on an issue) / (one of eight methods of bonesetting in TCM) restoring the part displaced by a fracture to its correct position by lifting syn 革职 革職 gé zhí to sack / to remove from a position / to depose syn 上位 shàng wèi seat of honor / person in a high-ranking position / to be promoted to a more senior role / (genetics) epistatic syn 仗势欺人 仗勢欺人 zhàng shì qī rén to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom) / to kick people around syn 留职 留職 liú zhí to keep an official position / to hold on to one's job 出山 chū shān to leave the mountain (of a hermit) / to come out of obscurity to a government job / to take a leading position 起用 qǐ yòng to promote / to reinstate (in a position or job) syn 固守 gù shǒu to strongly defend one's position / to be entrenched / to cling to 展位 zhǎn wèi relative position of exhibition booth / allocated floor space for display stall / allotted exhibit area 攻坚 攻堅 gōng jiān to assault a fortified position / (fig.) to concentrate one's efforts on a particularly difficult part of one's mission 荣华富贵 榮華富貴 róng huá fù guì glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom) / high position and great wealth syn 座次 zuò cì seating arrangement / position in a seating arrangement syn 青云 青雲 qīng yún clear sky / fig. high official position / noble syn 聘任 pìn rèn to appoint (to a position) / appointed 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 盘腿 盤腿 pán tuǐ to sit cross-legged / to sit in the lotus position syn 边关 邊關 biān guān border station / strategic defensive position on frontier syn 职称 職稱 zhí chēng one's professional position / title / job title syn 加码 加碼 jiā mǎ to ratchet up / to raise (expectations etc) / to increase (a quota, a position in the market etc) / to up the ante / (computing) to encode syn 守势 守勢 shǒu shì defensive position / guard 权位 權位 quán wèi power and position (politics) 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 假公济私 假公濟私 jiǎ gōng jì sī official authority used for private interests (idiom) / to attain private ends by abusing public position syn 官职 官職 guān zhí an official position / a job in the bureaucracy syn 在位 zài wèi to be on the throne / to reign / to hold a particular leadership position syn 后任 後任 hòu rèn successor / to take up a position subsequently as ... / (attributive) future / subsequent syn 以权谋私 以權謀私 yǐ quán móu sī to use one's position for personal gain (idiom) syn 职级 職級 zhí jí (job) position / level / grade / rank 名位 míng wèi fame and position / official rank syn 投考 tóu kǎo to sign up for an examination / to apply for admission (to a university etc) / to apply (for a position) syn 自得 zì dé contented / pleased with one's position syn 