帅

See also 帥, and 师

Translingual

Etymology

Simplified from 帥. Compare 师 from 師.

Han character

帅 (radical 50 巾+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 中中中月 (LLLB))

1. commander, commander-in-chief

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 328, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 729, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5E05

---

Cantonese

Hanzi

帅 (jyutping seoi3, Yale seui3)

---

Hakka

Hanzi

帅 (Guangdong sai³ [Meixian])

---

Mandarin

simpl.		帅
trad.		帥

Etymology

Cognate with Old Tibetan སྲིད (srid, “commander, leader”)

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Modern varieties

• Modern Standard Chinese:
  • IPA: /ʂu̯aɪ̯˥˩/
  • Pinyin: shuài
  • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞˋ
  • Wade-Giles: shuai⁴
  • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuay
  • Tongyong Pinyin: shuài
  • Latinxua Sin Wenz: shuai

Dialectal pronunciations

Note: The numbers listed below, unless belonging to romanisations, indicate tone numbers from Middle Chinese, not actual tonal values or modern dialectal tonal category.

• Mandarin dialects:
  • Beijing (Beijing Mandarin): IPA: /ʂu̯aɪ̯˥˩/
  • Jinan (Ji Lu Mandarin): ṣuɛ 3
  • Tianjin (Ji Lu Mandarin): suai 3
  • Xi'an (Zhongyuan Mandarin): fe 3
  • Hankou (Southwestern Mandarin): suai 3
  • Chengdu (Southwestern Mandarin): suai 3
  • Yangzhou (Jianghuai Mandarin): sue 3
  • Taiyuan (Jin (Mandarin)): suai 3
• Wu dialects:
  • Shanghai (Taihu Wu): se 3, sa 3
    • Jiading: se 3, sa 3, soe 3
  • Suzhou (Taihu Wu): se阴去(523)
  • Wuxi (Taihu Wu): sa阴去
  • Changzhou (Taihu Wu) (literary): sa
  • Hangzhou (Taihu Wu): sue
  • Ningbo (Taihu Wu): se 3
  • Shaoxing (Taihu Wu): sa 3
  • Quzhou (Chuqu Wu): se 3
  • Wenzhou (Oujiang Wu): sa 31
  • Wenling (Taizhou Wu): se 3
• Cantonese dialects:
  • Standard Cantonese (Guangzhou): IPA: /sœy˧˧/
  • Yale romanisation: seui3
  • Hong Kong Government romanisation: seoi3
  • Guangdong romanisation: sêu3
  • Liu Xixiang romanisation: sui3
• Min dialects:
  • Fuzhou (Min Dong): soy 31
  • Teochow (Min Nan): sue 31
  • Amoy (Min Nan): sue 31, sui 31
  • Pe̍h-oē-jī (Min Nan): sòe
• Xiang dialects:
  • Changsha (Chang Yi Xiang): ɕyai 31
  • Shuangfeng (Lou Shao Xiang): sue 31
• Gan dialects:
  • Nanchang: sai 31
• Hakka dialects:
  • Meixian: sai 3

Ancient pronunciations

Pronunciation 1

• Middle Chinese:
  • Initial: 生
  • Final: 脂
  • Tone: 去
  • She: 止
  • Openness: 合
  • Deng: 三等
  • Fanqie: 所類
• Old Chinese (Reconstructions):
  • Bernhard Karlgren: /ʂi̯wəd/ Ⅹ/6部
  • Wang Li: /ʃiuət/ 物
  • Zhengzhang Shangfeng: /sruds/ 隊2部
  • Li Fanggui: /srjədh/ 微
  • Bai Yiping: /srjuts/ 物部
  • Pan Wuyun: /sruds/ 物2部

Pronunciation 2

• Middle Chinese:
  • Initial: 生
  • Final: 術
  • Tone: 入
  • She: 臻
  • Openness: 合
  • Deng: 三等
  • Fanqie: 所律
• Old Chinese (Reconstructions):
  • Bernhard Karlgren: /ʂi̯wət/ Ⅹ/5部
  • Wang Li: /ʃiuət/ 物
  • Zhengzhang Shangfeng: /srud/ 物2部
  • Li Fanggui: /srjət/ 微
  • Bai Yiping: /srjut/ 物部
  • Pan Wuyun: /srud/ 物2部

Noun

帅 (simplified, Pinyin shuài (shuai4), traditional 帥)

Note: The following definitions are listed in a roughly chronological order. The definitions frequently occurring in Modern Standard Chinese are marked with †.

1. †(military) to command, to lead (and give orders to), to designate

   上帅士以人之所戴，则上下和。 ——《管子·问篇》

   If the king appoints respected officers as commanders, there will be harmony in the military.

2. †to lead, to guide
3. (to be a) role model, example
4. to follow, to adhere to

   帅教 (to follow guidance)

5. rapid, sharp, sudden

   帅然 (suddenly, rapidly), 帅尔 (rapidly)

6. †commander-in-chief, marshal
7. officialdom, senior officials
8. †(of a person or a thing) leader, guider, leading factor
9. (Xiangqi) marshal, the chief piece
10. †(colloquial) (of men) handsome, good-looking, hot

    帅呆 (to be very good-looking), 帅哥 (handsome guy)

11. †(colloquial) elegant, beautiful, splendid, impressive
12. a surname

Compounds

大元帅 (dàyuánshuài) 将帅 (jiàngshuài) 领帅 (lǐngshuài) 帅才 (shuàicái) 帅长 (shuàicháng) 帅臣 (shuàichén) 帅乘 (shuàichéng) 帅从 (shuàicóng) 帅导 (shuàidǎo) 帅道 (shuàidào) 帅甸 (shuàidiàn) 帅尔 (shuàiěr) 帅伏 (shuàifú)

帅服 (shuàifú) 帅府 (shuàifǔ) 帅哥 (shuàigē) 帅教 (shuàijiào) 帅阃 (shuàikǔn) 帅厉 (shuàilì) 帅然 (shuàirán) 帅使 (shuàishǐ) 帅示 (shuàishì) 帅首 (shuàishǒu) 帅司 (shuàisī) 帅台 (shuàitái)

帅先 (shuàixiān) 帅行 (shuàixíng) 帅性 (shuàixìng) 帅意 (shuàiyì) 帅繇 (shuàiyáo) 帅由 (shuàiyóu) 帅垣 (shuàiyuán) 帅座 (shuàizuò) 帅职 (shuàizhí) 统帅 (tǒngshuài) 元帅 (yuánshuài) 主帅 (zhǔshuài)

See also

• 帨 (shuì, "shawl, mantelet") - may be used interchangeably; forms the character etymology of 帥.
• 率 (shuài, "to lead") - may be used interchangeably
• 将 (jiàng, "officer")

---

Min Nan

帅 (POJ sòe)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [tsan˥˧]
  • (Amoy) sue31, sui31

---

Wu

帅

Pronunciation

• (Shanghai) (Taihu Wu): se3, sa3
• (Suzhou) (Taihu Wu) se阴去(523)