上 shàng (bound form) up / upper / above / previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb / to get onto / to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on / above syn 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 门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 类 類 lèi kind / type / class / category / (classifier) kind / type / (bound form) to resemble / to be similar to 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 每年 měi nián every year / each year / yearly syn 士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn 上课 上課 shàng kè to go to class / to attend class / to go to teach a class syn 年度 nián dù year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual syn 打工 dǎ gōng to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation 高层 高層 gāo céng high-rise / high level / high class 一级 一級 yī jí first class / category A 下士 xià shì lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy) 气质 氣質 qì zhì personality traits / temperament / disposition / aura / air / feel / vibe / refinement / sophistication / class syn 年头 年頭 nián tóu start of the year / whole year / a particular year / period / days / epoch / a year's harvest syn 二级 二級 èr jí grade 2 / second class / category B 重量级 重量級 zhòng liàng jí (sports) heavyweight class / (fig.) important / major / prominent / influential 出身 chū shēn to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin syn 头等舱 頭等艙 tóu děng cāng 1st class cabin 下流 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene syn 种类 種類 zhǒng lèi kind / genus / type / category / variety / species / sort / class syn 班长 班長 bān zhǎng class monitor / squad leader / team leader / CL:個|个[ge4] 班级 班級 bān jí class (group of students) / grade (in school) 下课 下課 xià kè to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired 上流 shàng liú upper class syn 阶级 階級 jiē jí (social) class / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 头等 頭等 tóu děng first class / prime / main syn 同等 tóng děng equal to / having the same social class or status syn 中产阶级 中產階級 zhōng chǎn jiē jí middle class 阶层 階層 jiē céng social class 逃课 逃課 táo kè to skip class syn 档次 檔次 dàng cì grade / class / quality / level syn 年份 nián fen particular year / certain year / given year syn 星级 星級 xīng jí star rating / top-class / highly rated 世界级 世界級 shì jiè jí world-class syn 甲子 jiǎ zǐ first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]) / the sixty-year cycle 全班 quán bān the whole class 二等 èr děng second class / second-rate 旁听 旁聽 páng tīng to sit in on (proceedings) / to be present at a meeting as an observer / to audit (a class) 一等 yī děng first class / grade A syn 下层 下層 xià céng underlayer / lower class / lower strata / substrate 量级 量級 liàng jí order of magnitude / weight class (boxing etc) / (fig.) class (level of capability) 经济舱 經濟艙 jīng jì cāng economy class 三级 三級 sān jí grade 3 / third class / category C 教课 教課 jiāo kè to teach class / to lecture syn 同班 tóng bān to be in the same class / to be in the same squad / classmate syn 年底 nián dǐ the end of the year / year-end syn 自习 自習 zì xí to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons) / to study in one's free time / individual study syn 贵妇 貴婦 guì fù upper-class woman / lady (old) syn 培训班 培訓班 péi xùn bān training class syn 班主任 bān zhǔ rèn teacher in charge of a class 补习班 補習班 bǔ xí bān cram class / cram school / evening classes syn 年年 nián nián year after year / yearly / every year / annually syn 听课 聽課 tīng kè to attend a class / to go to a lecture 课程表 課程表 kè chéng biǎo class timetable syn 优等 優等 yōu děng first-rate / of the highest order / high-class / excellent / superior syn 全年 quán nián the whole year / all year long 工人阶级 工人階級 gōng rén jiē jí working class syn 常年 cháng nián all year round / for years on end / average year syn 领导层 領導層 lǐng dǎo céng ruling class / leaders (of society) / oligarchy 年前 nián qián by the end of the year / at the end of the year / shortly before New Year 课时 課時 kè shí class / period syn 上乘 shàng chéng first-class / best quality / also pr. [shang4 sheng4] syn 来年 來年 lái nián next year / the coming year syn 补课 補課 bǔ kè to make up missed lesson / to reschedule a class 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 班次 bān cì grade / class number (in school) / flight or run number / flight or run (seen as an item) / shift (work period) 归入 歸入 guī rù to assign (to a class) / to classify as / to include syn 高攀 gāo pān social climbing / to claim connections with people in higher social class 辅导班 輔導班 fǔ dǎo bān tutorial class / remedial class / preparatory course syn 良民 liáng mín good people / ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class) syn 逐年 zhú nián year after year / with each passing year / over the years syn 甲等 jiǎ děng grade A / first-class syn 正品 zhèng pǐn certified goods / quality product / normal product / A-class goods 资产阶级 資產階級 zī chǎn jiē jí the capitalist class / the bourgeoisie syn 甲级 甲級 jiǎ jí first rate / top class / excellent syn 终年 終年 zhōng nián entire year / throughout the year / age at death syn 中班 zhōng bān middle shift / swing shift / early night shift / middle class in kindergarten (4-5 year olds) 四级 四級 sì jí grade 4 / fourth class / category D 初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 拜年 bài nián to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year syn 上等兵 shàng děng bīng private first class (army rank) 乙巳 yǐ sì forty-second year B6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025 长年累月 長年累月 cháng nián lěi yuè year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years syn 闰年 閏年 rùn nián leap year / (lunar calendar) year with a thirteen intercalary month 阶级斗争 階級鬥爭 jiē jí dòu zhēng class struggle 元年 yuán nián first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period 门类 門類 mén lèi category / kind / class syn 大班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade syn 班会 班會 bān huì class meeting (in schools) 年表 nián biǎo timeline / chronology / annals / financial year / year 股长 股長 gǔ zhǎng person in charge of a 股[gu3] (section or department) / head / chief / director / (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長|风纪股长[feng1 ji4 gu3 zhang3] discipline monitor 工薪族 gōng xīn zú salaried class 顶尖级 頂尖級 dǐng jiān jí first class / top / world best syn 同比 tóng bǐ (statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year / year on year / year over year syn 一类 一類 yī lèi same type / category 1 (i.e. class A) 应届 應屆 yīng jiè this year's / the current year's 学时 學時 xué shí class hour / period syn 贺岁 賀歲 hè suì to extend New Year's greetings / to pay a New Year's visit syn 去年底 qù nián dǐ late last year / the end of last year 