Xiao (rank)

Xiao (Chinese: 校こう; pinyin: Jiào; Wade–Giles: Chiao) is the rank held by field officers in the militaries of China and Taiwan. The Chinese military (PLA) uses four grades while the Taiwanese military uses only three, with the rank equivalent to the fourth being treated as a general officer rank. This difference is found in other militaries as well: in the British Army a brigadier is considered a field officer, while the equivalent rank in the United States Army, brigadier general, is considered a general officer. The Chinese use the same rank names for all services, prefixed by hai jun (海うみ军, Naval Force) or kong jun (空そら军, Air Force). While the Taiwanese military (ROC) does the same for enlisted ranks and company-grade officers, it has distinct names for the higher naval ranks.

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Rank group	Field/senior officers
PLA Ground Forces^[1]
PLA Navy^[1]
PLA Air Force^[1]
Republic of China Army^[2]
Republic of China Navy^[2]
Republic of China Air Force^[2]
Chinese title	大だい校こう Dàxiào	上うえ校こう Shàngxiào	中ちゅう校こう Zhōngxiào	少しょう校こう Shàoxiào
Literal translation	Grand field officer	Senior field officer	Middle field officer	Junior field officer
Army and air force translation	Senior colonel	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major
Navy translation	Senior captain	Captain	Commander	Lieutenant commander

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^ ^a ^b ^c Ping, Xu (7 August 2017). "我わが军建军九十じゅう年ねん军衔制度せいど沿革えんかく" [The evolution of our military rank system over the ninety years of its establishment]. mod.gov.cn (in Chinese). Ministry of National Defense. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Lùhǎikōng jūnfú zhì tiáolì fù tú" 陸海空りくかいくう軍服ぐんぷく制せい條例じょうれい附圖ふず [Drawings of the Uniform Regulations of the Army, Navy and Air Force] (PDF). Gazette of the Presidential Palace (6769): 65–67. 7 November 1996. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

[PPC-1] Ping, Xu (7 August 2017). "我わが军建军九十じゅう年ねん军衔制度せいど沿革えんかく" [The evolution of our military rank system over the ninety years of its establishment]. mod.gov.cn (in Chinese). Ministry of National Defense. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

[Taiwan-2] "Lùhǎikōng jūnfú zhì tiáolì fù tú" 陸海空りくかいくう軍服ぐんぷく制せい條例じょうれい附圖ふず [Drawings of the Uniform Regulations of the Army, Navy and Air Force] (PDF). Gazette of the Presidential Palace (6769): 65–67. 7 November 1996. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

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