🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

等级

Pronunciation / Transliteration: děngjí

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Rank/ræŋk/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他在军队中获得了高等级。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A position in a hierarchy or scale.

    "He achieved a high rank in the military after years of service."
As verb
  1. 1

    To assign a position in a hierarchy or scale.

    "The committee will rank the candidates based on their qualifications."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'rank' originates from the Old French 'renc', which in turn comes from the Latin 'rancus', meaning 'rank, strong, or foul'. Over time, its meaning evolved to denote a position in a hierarchy or a classification system.

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