大校

dàxiào

noun #44,755

Meanings

HSK 7-9

他是一名空军大校。

Tā shì yì míng kōngjūn dàxiào.

He is a senior colonel in the air force.

HSK 7-9

解放军的大校比上校高一级。

Jiěfàngjūn de dàxiào bǐ shàngxiào gāo yì jí.

In the People's Liberation Army a senior colonel ranks one grade above a colonel.

culture

The PLA's field-officer ranks run 少校, 中校, 上校, 大校, and above them comes 少将 major general. Most armies have no exact match; the nearest is a brigadier.

大 dà

校 xiào