Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇺🇸 United States · Army	NATO equivalent	China · Army 🇨🇳
Officers
General of the Army	OF-10 Marshal / General of the Army	No equivalent
General	OF-9 General	陆军上将 (General)
Lieutenant general	OF-8 Lieutenant General	陆军中将 (Lieutenant General)
Major general	OF-7 Major General	陆军少将 (Major General)
Brigadier general	OF-6 Brigadier General	陆军大校 (Senior Colonel)
Colonel	OF-5 Colonel	陆军上校 (Colonel)
Lieutenant colonel	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	陆军中校 (Lieutenant Colonel)
Major	OF-3 Major / Commandant	陆军少校 (Major)
Captain	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	陆军上尉 (Captain)
First lieutenant Second lieutenant	OF-1 Lieutenant	陆军中尉 (First Lieutenant) 陆军少尉 (Second Lieutenant)
Cadet / Officer candidate	OF-D Student Officer	No equivalent
Enlisted ranks
Command sergeant major Sergeant major	OR-9 Sergeant Major	陆军一级军士长 (First Class Sergeant Major)
First sergeant Master sergeant	OR-8 1st Sergeant	陆军二级军士长 (Second Class Sergeant Major)
Sergeant first class	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	陆军三级军士长 (Third Class Sergeant Major)
Staff sergeant	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	陆军一级上士 (First Class Master Sergeant)
Sergeant	OR-5 Sergeant	陆军二级上士 (Second Class Master Sergeant)
Specialist Corporal	OR-4 Corporal	陆军中士 (Sergeant)
Private first class	OR-3 Private 1st Class	陆军下士 (Corporal)
Private	OR-2 Private	陆军上等兵 (Private First Class)
Private	OR-1 Private	陆军列兵 (Private)

Tiers neither force uses are hidden. An OF/OR code held by only one of the two is kept and marked — a missing tier is itself a difference in how the two hierarchies are built.