# Military ranks of the Qing dynasty

The Military ranks of the Qing dynasty were the military insignia used by the Military of the Qing dynasty, until the abdication of the Xuantong Emperor.

## Army ranks

The Army of the Qing dynasty has two different types of army structures: the early military system of the Eight Banners and the New Army, a later system based on Western standards.

### Eight Banners ranks

The Eight Banners armies used what is known as "Mandarin squares" to denote rank.
| Animal | Qilin | Lion | Leopard | Tiger | Bear | Panther | Rhino | Rhino | Sea horse |
| 1759–1912 | | | | | | | | | |
| 1759–1912 | 一品 Yīpǐn | 二品 Èrpǐn | 三品 Sānpǐn | 四品 Sìhpǐn | 五品 Wǔpǐn | 六品 Liùpǐn | 七品 Qīpǐn | 八品 Bāpǐn | 九品 Jiǒupǐn |
| Translation | First class | Second class | Third class | Fourth class | Fifth class | Sixth class | Seventh class | Eighth class | Ninth class |

### New Army
#### Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
| Rank group | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers |
| 1904–1910 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1904–1910 | 上等第一级 Shàngděng dì yījí | 上等第一级 Shàngděng dì yījí | 上等第二级 Shàngděng dì èrjí | 上等第二级 Shàngděng dì èrjí | 上等第三级 Shàngděng dì sānjí | 上等第三级 Shàngděng dì sānjí | 中等第一级 Zhōngděng dì yījí | 中等第一级 Zhōngděng dì yījí | 中等第二级 Zhōngděng dì èrjí | 中等第二级 Zhōngděng dì èrjí | 中等第三级 Zhōngděng dì sānjí | 中等第三级 Zhōngděng dì sānjí | 次等第一级 Cìděng dì yījí | 次等第一级 Cìděng dì yījí | 次等第二级 Cìděng dì èrjí | 次等第二级 Cìděng dì èrjí | 次等第三级 Cìděng dì sānjí | 次等第三级 Cìděng dì sānjí |
| 1911–1912 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1911–1912 | 上等第一级 Shàngděng dì yījí | 上等第一级 Shàngděng dì yījí | 上等第二级 Shàngděng dì èrjí | 上等第二级 Shàngděng dì èrjí | 上等第三级 Shàngděng dì sānjí | 上等第三级 Shàngděng dì sānjí | 中等第一级 Zhōngděng dì yījí | 中等第一级 Zhōngděng dì yījí | 中等第二级 Zhōngděng dì èrjí | 中等第二级 Zhōngděng dì èrjí | 中等第三级 Zhōngděng dì sānjí | 中等第三级 Zhōngděng dì sānjí | 次等第一级 Cìděng dì yījí | 次等第一级 Cìděng dì yījí | 次等第二级 Cìděng dì èrjí | 次等第二级 Cìděng dì èrjí | 次等第三级 Cìděng dì sānjí | 次等第三级 Cìděng dì sānjí |

#### Other ranks

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
| Rank group | Non-commissioned officers | Non-commissioned officers | Non-commissioned officers | Soldiers | Soldiers | Soldiers |
| 1904–1910 | | | | | | |
| 1911–1912 | | | | | | |

### Imperial Guards

The rank insignia of Imperial Guards officers.
| Rank group | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers |
| 1909–1912 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1909–1912 | | | 上等第一级 Shàngděng dì yījí | 上等第一级 Shàngděng dì yījí | 上等第二级 Shàngděng dì èrjí | 上等第二级 Shàngděng dì èrjí | 上等第三级 Shàngděng dì sānjí | 上等第三级 Shàngděng dì sānjí | | | 中等第一级 Zhōngděng dì yījí | 中等第一级 Zhōngděng dì yījí | 中等第二级 Zhōngděng dì èrjí | 中等第二级 Zhōngděng dì èrjí | 中等第三级 Zhōngděng dì sānjí | 中等第三级 Zhōngděng dì sānjí | 下等第一级 Xiàděng dì yījí | 下等第一级 Xiàděng dì yījí | 下等第二级 Xiàěng dì èrjí | 下等第二级 Xiàěng dì èrjí | 下等第三级 Xiàěng dì sānjí | 下等第三级 Xiàěng dì sānjí |

## Navy ranks
### Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
| Rank group | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers | Junior officers |
| 1882–1912 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1882–1912 | | | 一等第一级 Yīděng dì yījí | 一等第一级 Yīděng dì yījí | 一等第二级 Yīděng dì èrjí | 一等第二级 Yīděng dì èrjí | 一等第三级 Yīděng dì sānjí | 一等第三级 Yīděng dì sānjí | | | 二等第一级 Èrděng dì yījí | 二等第一级 Èrděng dì yījí | 二等第二级 Èīděng dì èrjí | 二等第二级 Èīděng dì èrjí | 二等第三级 Èīděng dì sānjí | 二等第三级 Èīděng dì sānjí | 三等第一级 Sānděng dì yījí | 三等第一级 Sānděng dì yījí | 三等第二级 Sānděng dì èrjí | 三等第二级 Sānděng dì èrjí | 三等第三级 Sānděng dì sānjí | 三等第三级 Sānděng dì sānjí |

#### Rank flags

| Flag | | | |
| Rank | 一等第一级 Yīděng dì yījí | 一等第二级 Yīděng dì èrjí | 一等第三级 Yīděng dì sānjí |