上校 (shàng xiào) — (army) colonel; (navy) captain
Definition
Military rank. In the army it equals colonel; in the navy the same characters are pronounced the same but equal captain (O-6 equivalent in PLA ranks).
noun
(army) colonel(navy) captain
Measure word · 位
Examples
- 上校。Tā shì yì míng lù jūn shàng xiào.He is an army colonel.
- 上校。Zhè wèi hǎi jūn shàng xiào zhǐ huī zhe yì sōu jūn jiàn.This navy captain commands a warship.
- 上校。shàng xiào De jūn xián bǐ zhōng xiào gāo.The rank of colonel is higher than lieutenant colonel.
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