Chinese symbol for “rank”
排名
pái míng
to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rank is 排名 (pái míng), defined as: to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “rank”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 级别 (級別) | jí bié | (military) rank; level |
| 排行 | pái háng | to rank; ranking |
| 分级 (分級) | fēn jí | to rank; to grade |
| 名列 | míng liè | to rank (number 1, or third last etc); to be among (those who are in a particular group) |
| 品位 | pǐn wèi | rank; grade |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 排名.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安排 | ān pái | to arrange; to plan |
| 排除 | pái chú | to eliminate; to remove |
| 排列 | pái liè | to arrange in order; (math.) permutation |
| 排放 | pái fàng | to arrange in order; to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) |
| 排队 (排隊) | pái duì | to line up |
| 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 著名 | zhù míng | famous; noted |
| 名称 (名稱) | míng chēng | name (of a thing); name (of an organization) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rank”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.