| 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) |
| 贵 | guì | expensive / (bound form) highly valued; precious / (bound form) noble; of high rank / (prefix) (honorific) your |
| 排名 | pái míng | to rank (1st, 2nd etc) / ranking |
| 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) |
| 待遇 | dài yù | treatment / pay / salary / status / rank |
| 等级 | děng jí | grade / rank / status |
| 行 | háng | (bound form) row; line / (bound form) line of business; trade; profession / (bound form) commercial firm / (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row; (Tw) column / classifier for rows or lines |
| 级 | jí | level / grade / rank / step (of stairs) / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier: step, level |
| 身份 | shēn fèn | identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以[yi3] + ... + 的身份[de5 shen1 fen4]); status (social, legal etc); position; rank |
| 世界第一 | shì jiè dì yī | ranked number one in the world / the world's first |
| 股 | gǔ | thigh / part of a whole; portion of a sum / (finance) stock; share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1] / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions |
| 技士 | jì shì | (Tw) associate technical specialist (a technical-staff rank in Taiwan's civil service) |
| 技正 | jì zhèng | (Tw) senior technical specialist (a technical-staff rank in Taiwan's civil service) |
| 总监 | zǒng jiān | head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration |
| 举国上下 | jǔ guó shàng xià | the entire nation / the whole country, from the leadership to the rank and file |
| 矮 | ǎi | (of a person) short / (of a wall etc) low / (of rank) inferior (to); lower (than) |
| 技佐 | jì zuǒ | (Tw) assistant technical specialist (a technical-staff rank in Taiwan's civil service) |
| 品位 | pǐn wèi | rank / grade / quality / (aesthetic) taste |
| 级别 | jí bié | (military) rank / level / grade |
| 头衔 | tóu xián | title / rank / appellation |
| 功名利禄 | gōng míng lì lù | position and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune |
| 状元 | 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 |
| 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]) |
| 功名 | gōng míng | scholarly honor (in imperial exams) / rank / achievement / fame / glory |
| 升上 | shēng shàng | (of an employee) to be promoted to (a higher rank) / (of a student) to enter (a higher grade at school) |