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 流 liú to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade syn 年级 年級 nián jí grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL:個|个[ge4] 级 級 jí level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier: step, level syn 高级 高級 gāo jí high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking syn 兵 bīng soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 得分 dé fēn to score a point (in a competition, test etc) / score / rating / grade 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 升级 升級 shēng jí to go up by one grade / to be promoted / to escalate (in intensity) / (computing) to upgrade syn 特警 tè jǐng SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) / riot police / abbr. for 特種警察|特种警察[te4 zhong3 jing3 cha2] 分数 分數 fēn shù (exam) grade / mark / score / fraction syn 等级 等級 děng jí grade / rank / status syn 二级 二級 èr jí grade 2 / second class / category B 品位 pǐn wèi rank / grade / quality / (aesthetic) taste syn 军火 軍火 jūn huǒ weapons and ammunition / munitions / arms syn 高档 高檔 gāo dàng superior quality / high grade / top grade syn 班级 班級 bān jí class (group of students) / grade (in school) 评分 評分 píng fēn to grade / to mark (student's work) / grade / score (of student's work) 档次 檔次 dàng cì grade / class / quality / level syn 打分 dǎ fēn to grade / to give a mark 一等 yī děng first class / grade A syn 材质 材質 cái zhì texture of timber / quality of material / material (that sth is made of) syn 三级 三級 sān jí grade 3 / third class / category C 兵器 bīng qì weaponry / weapons / arms syn 低劣 dī liè inferior quality / substandard / low-grade syn 缴械 繳械 jiǎo xiè to disarm / (of an enemy) to lay down one's weapons / to surrender syn 分级 分級 fēn jí to rank / to grade / to classify / rank / grade / classification syn 特级 特級 tè jí special grade / top quality syn 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 加料 jiā liào to feed in / to load (raw material, supplies, fuel etc) / to supply / fortified (with added material) 禁运 禁運 jìn yùn embargo / export ban (e.g. on weapons) 低档 低檔 dī dàng low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior syn 班次 bān cì grade / class number (in school) / flight or run number / flight or run (seen as an item) / shift (work period) 出线 出線 chū xiàn (sports) to go out of bounds / to go over the line / to qualify for the next round of competition / (Tw) (fig.) to make the grade / to achieve success 刀枪 刀槍 dāo qiāng sword and spear / weapons syn 梯队 梯隊 tī duì echelon (military) / (of an organisation) group of persons of one level or grade syn 升学 升學 shēng xué to enter the next grade school 干戈 gān gē weapons of war / arms syn 甲等 jiǎ děng grade A / first-class syn 特等 tè děng special grade / top quality syn 越级 越級 yuè jí to skip a grade / to bypass ranks / to go over the head of one's boss 标号 標號 biāo hào grade syn 四级 四級 sì jí grade 4 / fourth class / category D 物欲 wù yù material desire / craving for material things 窑子 窯子 yáo zi (old) low-grade brothel syn 大班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade syn 职级 職級 zhí jí (job) position / level / grade / rank 阅卷 閱卷 yuè juàn to grade exam papers 兵刃 bīng rèn (bladed) weapons 小三 xiǎo sān mistress / the other woman (coll.) / grade 3 in elementary school 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]) 上色 shàng sè top-quality / top-grade 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) 考级 考級 kǎo jí to take a test to establish one's level of proficiency / placement test / (music) grade exam 考分 kǎo fēn grade / exam mark 甲级战犯 甲級戰犯 jiǎ jí zhàn fàn a grade A war criminal 防御性 防禦性 fáng yù xìng defensive (weapons) 熟料 shú liào worked material / chamotte (refractory ceramic material) syn 化干戈为玉帛 化幹戈為玉帛 huà gān gē wéi yù bó lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom) / fig. to turn hostility into friendship syn 兵戈 bīng gē weapons / arms / fighting / war syn 富矿 富礦 fù kuàng high-grade ore 班 bān team / class / grade / (military) squad / work shift / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles syn 判 pàn (bound form) to differentiate / to distinguish / (bound form) clearly (different) / to judge / to decide / to grade / (of a judge) to sentence syn 铁 鐵 tiě iron (metal) / arms / weapons / hard / strong / violent / unshakeable / determined / close / tight (slang) syn 档 檔 dàng (bound form) shelves (for files) / pigeonholes / (bound form) files / crosspiece (of a table etc) / (bound form) (of goods) grade / vendor's open-air stall / (Tw) timeslot for a show or program / classifier for shows / classifier for events, affairs etc / Taiwan pr. [dang3] syn 曹 cáo class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) syn 缴 繳 jiǎo to hand in / to hand over / to pay / to capture (weapons) / to seize syn 咖 kā coffee / class / grade 武器库 武器庫 wǔ qì kù weapons depot 戎 róng generic term for weapons (old) / army (matters) / military affairs syn 复读生 復讀生 fù dú shēng student who repeats (a course, grade etc) at school 超等 chāo děng superior grade syn 鹇 鷴 xián silver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus) / silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade 资料 資料 zī liào material / resources / data / information / profile (Internet) / CL:份[fen4],個|个[ge4] syn 物质 物質 wù zhì matter / substance / material / materialistic / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 材料 cái liào (raw) material / data / (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job syn 废物 廢物 fèi wù rubbish / waste material / useless person syn 专辑 專輯 zhuān jí album / record (music) / special collection of printed or broadcast material syn 炸药 炸藥 zhà yào explosive (material) syn 福利 fú lì material benefit / benefit in kind / (social) welfare syn 曝光 pù guāng exposure (e.g. of photosensitive material) / to expose (a scandal to the public) syn 物证 物證 wù zhèng material evidence 原料 yuán liào raw material syn 浓度 濃度 nóng dù concentration (percentage of dissolved material in a solution) / consistency / thickness / density / viscosity syn 器材 qì cái equipment / material syn 实体 實體 shí tǐ entity / substance / thing that has a material existence (as opposed to a conceptual, virtual or online existence) / the real thing (as opposed to an image or model of it) syn 素材 sù cái source material (in literature and art) syn 布料 bù liào fabric / cloth / material (for making clothing, curtains etc) syn 混凝土 hùn níng tǔ concrete (building material) syn 残留物 殘留物 cán liú wù remnant / residue / material left over 分量 fèn liang quantity / weight / measure / (fig.) weight (importance, prestige, authority etc) / (of written material) density syn 存货 存貨 cún huò stock / inventory (of material) 爆炸物 bào zhà wù explosive (material) 废品 廢品 fèi pǐn production rejects / seconds / scrap / discarded material syn 笑料 xiào liào comedic material / (in reference to a person) laughingstock / butt of jokes syn 读物 讀物 dú wù reading material 