少校 (shào xiào) — military rank: major (army/air force) or lieutenant commander (navy)
Definition
Military officer rank: major in the army/air force, lieutenant commander in the navy. Sits between 上校 (captain) and 尉 (junior officers) in the PLA hierarchy.
noun
military rank: major (army/air force) or lieutenant commander (navy)
Measure word · 位
Examples
- 少校。Tā èr shí wǔ suì jiù dāng shàng le shào xiào.He became a major at the age of twenty-five.
- 少校。Nà wèi shào xiào dài lǐng quán lián wán chéng le rèn wu.That major led the entire company to complete the mission.
- 少校。Hǎi jūn shào xiào de jūn xián biāo zhì shì liǎng gàng yì xīng.The insignia for a navy lieutenant commander is two bars and one star.
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