少校 — meaning in English
shào xiào
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English meaning
- commandant noun An officer in charge of a particular military unit, base, or academy.
- major adj Of great importance, size, or seriousness.
Senses
少校 is used for these senses in English:
- commandant (military) A commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division.
- corvette captain (military) Most junior senior officer rank in the navies of some Romance-speaking and European countries, usually equal in rank to the Anglophone rank of lieutenant commander.
- lieutenant commander A naval officer whose rank is higher than a lieutenant and below that of a commander.
- major (military ranks) A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.
major — full definition
- adj Of great importance, size, or seriousness.
- noun A military officer rank above captain and below lieutenant colonel.
- noun A student's main field of academic study.
- verb To specialize in a particular subject at college or university.