| 统领 | tǒng lǐng | to lead / to command / commander / officer |   |
| 指挥官 | zhǐ huī guān | commander | |
| 中校 | zhōng xiào | middle ranking officer in Chinese army / lieutenant colonel / commander | |
| 司令员 | sī lìng yuán | commander | |
| 舰长 | jiàn zhǎng | commander / captain (of a warship) | |
| 司令官 | sī lìng guān | commander / officer in charge | |
| 海军中校 | hǎi jūn zhōng xiào | commander (= UK and US Navy equivalent) | |
| 老总 | lǎo zǒng | boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer | |
| 师长 | shī zhǎng | military division level commander / teacher | |
| 少校 | shào xiào | junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander | |
| 连长 | lián zhǎng | company commander | |
| 总司令 | zǒng sī lìng | commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations | |
| 营长 | yíng zhǎng | battalion commander | |
| 提督 | tí dū | the local commander / provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times) | |
| 旅长 | lu:3 zhǎng | (military) brigade commander | |
| 兵家 | bīng jiā | military strategist in ancient China / military commander / soldier | |
| 粟裕 | Sù Yù | Su Yu (1907-1984), PLA commander | |
| 将才 | jiàng cái | talented field commander (military) | |
| 穆巴拉克 | Mù bā lā kè | Hosni Mubarak (1928-2020), former Egyptian President and military commander | |
| 段祺瑞 | Duàn Qí ruì | Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord | |
| 陈纳德 | Chén nà dé | (Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II | |
| 蒙巴顿 | Méng bā dùn | Mountbatten (name, Anglicization of German Battenberg) / Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), British commander in Southeast Asia during WWII, presided over the partition of India in 1947, murdered by the IRA. | |
| 锦囊妙计 | jǐn náng miào jì | brocade sack of miracle plans (idiom) / bag of tricks / fiendishly cunning masterplan (written out by strategic genius of fiction, and given to the local commander in a brocade bag) | |
| 艾森豪威尔 | Aì sēn háo wēi ěr | Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), US army general and politician, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, US President 1953-1961 | |
| 麦克阿瑟 | Mài kè ā sè | General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war | |
| 史迪威 | Shǐ dí wēi | Joseph Stilwell (1883-1946), commander of US forces in China, Burma and India in World War II | |
| 执行指挥官 | zhí xíng zhǐ huī guān | executing commander | |
| 伏罗希洛夫 | Fú luó xī luò fū | Kliment Voroshilov (1881-1969), Soviet politician and military commander | |
| 高尔察克 | Gāo ěr chá kè | Aleksandr Kolchak (1874-1920), Russian naval commander, head of anti-Bolshevik White forces | |
| 海军少校 | hǎi jūn shǎo xiào | lieutenant commander (= UK and US Navy equivalent) | |
| 魏德迈 | Wèi dé mài | Wedemeyer (name) / Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897-1989), US Army commander | |
| 丁汝昌 | Dīng Rǔ chāng | Ding Ruchang (1836-1895), commander of the Qing North China Navy | |
| 加里波第 | Jiā lǐ bō dì | Guiseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), Italian military commander and politician | |
| 空军司令 | kōng jūn sī lìng | air commodore / top commander of air force | |
| 道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟 | | General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war | |
| 达噜噶齐 | dá lū gá qí | Mongolian daruqachi, local commander in Mongol and Yuan times | |
| 达鲁花赤 | dá lǔ huā chì | Mongolian daruqachi, local commander in Mongol and Yuan times | |
| 部队指挥官 | bù duì zhǐ huī guān | Force Commander | |
| 驻科部队指挥官 | zhù kē bù duì zhǐ huī guān | KFOR Commander | |
| 联合国战区部队指挥官 | lián hé guó zhàn qū bù duì zhǐ huī guān | United Nations Theatre Force Commander | |
| 部队指挥官办公室 | bù duì zhǐ huī guān bàn gōng shì | Office of the Force Commander | |
| 停火监测组战地指挥官 | | Field Commander of ECOMOG | |
| 军种指挥官 | | component commander | |
| 组成部分指挥官 | | component commander | |
| 执行部队指挥部 | | IFOR Command / IFOR Commander | |
| 执行部队指挥官 | | IFOR Command / IFOR Commander | |
| 国家指挥官 | | national commander | |
| 联合部队指挥官 | | commander of the combined task force | |
| 支援指挥官 | | supporting commander | |
| 英国部队指挥官 | | commander of British forces | |
| 受援指挥官 | | supported commander | |
| 部队指挥官侍从人员 | | personal staff of the force commander | |
| 司令部营务主任 | | headquarters camp commander | |
| 部队副指挥官 | | deputy force commander | |
| 分队长 | | section commander | |
| 区指挥官 | | sector commander | |
| 萨拉热窝区指挥官 | | Sarajevo sector Commander | |
| 法医政策和规划队长 | | Forensic Policy and Planning Commander | |
| 区域防空指挥系统 | | area air defence commander | |
| 俄罗斯部队行动小组司令 | | Commander of the Operative Group of Russian Forces | |
| 基地指挥官 | | base commander | |
| 联合国脱离接触观察员部队指挥官 | | Force Commander, United Nations Disengagement Observer Force | |
| 道格拉斯・麦克阿瑟 | Dào gé lā sī · Mài kè ā sè | General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war | |
| 镇台 | zhèn tái | garrison commander (old) | |
| 道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟 | Dào gé lā sī · Mài kè ā sè | General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war | |
| 木华黎 | Mù huá lí | Muqali or Mukhali (1170-1223), military commander under Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2] | |
| 师座 | shī zuò | (archaic form of address) his excellency the army commander | |
| 海军少校 | hǎi jūn shào xiào | lieutenant commander | |
| 光杆司令 | guāng gǎn sī lìng | commander without any soldiers / (fig.) leader without a team / solo entrepreneur | |
| 术赤 | Zhú chì | Jöchi (c. 1182-1227) Mongol army commander, eldest of Genghis Khan’s four sons | |
