to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc)
how well a crop (or plant) is growing; growth
eldest grandson; the eldest son of one's eldest son
senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; sir (term of address for senior officer)
older and younger; seniority
to look pretty; to look the same; to become; to look like
appearance; looks; profile; countenance
elder; term of respect for a Buddhist monk
elder; eldership; senior; seniority; one's elders; older generation
to make progress; progress
to gain knowledge and experience
(coll.) to learn one's lesson; to have enough brains to learn from one's mistakes
to watch out; to keep one's wits about one
village chief; mayor (of village or township)
president of a club, committee etc
head of a bao in the Bao-Jia system
保甲制度
elder brother; term of respect for a man of about the same age
(pejorative) to encourage; to abet; to foster; to foment
head of provincial PRC government department
county's head commissioner
regimental command; head of a delegation
department head; section chief
foreign minister; secretary of state; minister of foreign affairs
senior or older male schoolmate
parent; guardian (of a child); family head; head of a household; patriarch
one's superior; one's elders and betters
bureau chief; commissioner; director; (managing) director; director (general)
governor (of a province or colony); US state governor; premier (Australian states)
military division level commander; teacher
name used for cabinet ministers between 1912-1927, superseded by
部長
to mature; to grow (up); growth
dean; mullah; imam
(Islam); see also
伊瑪目
village chief; village head
president (college, university); headmaster; principal; chancelor
to ebb and rise; to decrease and then grow
to grow (usually of abstract things); to yield; to develop
primate (monkey, hominid etc)
class monitor; squad leader; team leader
to not be wiser despite being older; to be older than (you) by (humble)
president or director (of association etc)
person in charge of a
股 (section or department); head; chief; director;
(in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 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 discipline monitor
commander; captain (of a warship)
captain (of a boat); skipper
chairman (of a legislative assembly); speaker
section chief (of an administrative unit); head (of a department)
treasurer; head of finances; minister of finance
head of a (government etc) department; section chief; section head; secretary; minister
headman (of primitive people); tribal chief; used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir
town headman; mayor (of small town or village); bailiff
captain; (team) captain; team leader; skipper
abbr. for
國防部長, Minister of Defense
chair of board; president (of a university etc); department head; dean
fierce and ambitious character; formidable person
(jocularly) to sleep on the couch; to sleep in the living room
deputy governor (of a province or colony); lieutenant governor of US state
assistant (government) minister
deputy chair of board; vice-president (of a university etc)
executive chef; head chef
growth rate (esp. in economics)
parent-teacher conference; parents' association
primate order (including monkeys, hominids etc)
primate (monkey, hominid etc)
auxin (plant growth hormone)
chairman; chairman of the board
negative growth; economic recession
to seem to grow younger; to regain one's youthful looks
minister level conference
ministerial level (e.g. negotiations)
chair (or president, speaker etc) of national congress
secretary of state (esp. historical, or Japanese or Korean usage)
locally born and bred; indigenous; home-grown
minister of foreign affairs
chief cabinet secretary (Japan)
(military) Chief of Staff
when you teach someone, both teacher and student will benefit
(coll.) are you blind or something?; look where you're going
chief executive; magistrate
minister of finance (e.g. of PRC)
minister level conference
minister level conference
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