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帥
帥
Translingual
Han character
帥 (radical 50 巾+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹口中月 (HRLB), four-corner 24727, composition ⿰𠂤巾)
References
- KangXi: page 331, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8886
- Dae Jaweon: page 636, character 25
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 737, character 2
- Unihan data for U+5E25
Chinese
| trad. | 帥 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 帅 | |
Etymology
Also written as 率 (OC *sruds, *rud, *srud, “to lead”); both represent the s-causative of 律 (OC *rud, “to follow”). Cognate with Tibetan སྲིད (srid, “commander, leader”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sai
- Min Dong (BUC): só̤i
- Min Nan (POJ): sòe
- Wu (Wiktionary): se (T2); sa (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞˋ
- Wade-Giles: shuai4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuay
- IPA (key): /ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: seoi3
- Yale: seui
- Cantonese Pinyin: soey3
- IPA (key): /sɵy̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sai
- Hakka Romanization System: sai
- Hagfa Pinyim: sai4
- IPA: /sa̯i⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: só̤i
- IPA (key): /sɔy²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòe
- Tâi-lô: suè
- Phofsit Daibuun: soex
- IPA (Xiamen): /sue²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sue⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sue²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /sue¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sue²¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: se (T2); sa (T2)
- IPA (key): /sᴇ³⁴/, /sᴀ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 帥 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʂuai⁵¹/ |
| Harbin |
/ʂuai⁵³/ /suai⁵³/ |
|
| Tianjin | /suai⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /ʂuɛ²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /ʂuɛ⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ʂuai³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /fai⁴⁴/ | |
| Xining | /fɛ²¹³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ʂuɛ¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /fɛ¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi |
/ʂuai²¹³/ /fai²¹³/ |
|
| Wuhan | /suai³⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /suai¹³/ | |
| Guiyang | /suai²¹³/ | |
| Kunming | /ʂuæ²¹²/ | |
| Nanjing | /ʂuae⁴⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /ʂue̞⁵³/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /suai⁴⁵/ |
| Pingyao | /suæ³⁵/ | |
| Hohhot | /suɛ⁵⁵/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /se³⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /se̞⁵¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /sz̩ʷe̞⁴⁴⁵/ | |
| Wenzhou | /sa⁴²/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /sɛ³²⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /sə⁴²/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ɕyai⁵⁵/ |
| Xiangtan | /sai⁵⁵/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /sai⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /sai⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | ||
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /søy³³/ |
| Nanning | /sui³³/ | |
| Hong Kong | /søy³³/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /sue²¹/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /sɔy²¹²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /suɛ³³/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /sue²¹³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) |
/suai³⁵/ /sɔi³⁵/ |
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 帥 | 帥 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (18) | 術 (52) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III | III |
| Fanqie | 所類切 | 所律切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʃˠiuɪH/ | /ʃiuɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʃʷᵚiH/ | /ʃʷit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʃiuɪH/ | /ʃjuet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʂjwiH/ | /ʂwit̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʃjuiH/ | /ʃiuĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/ʃwiH/ | /ʃĭuĕt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʂwiH/ | /ʂi̯uĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
shuài | shuai |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 帥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
shuài |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ srwijH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*s-rut-s/ |
| English | leader (of an army) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 帥 | 帥 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 11929 | 11930 |
| Phonetic component |
帥 | 帥 |
| Rime group |
隊 | 物 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
帥 | 率 |
| Old Chinese |
/*sruds/ | /*srud/ |
| Notes | 甲文象雙手拭席，後加巾轉註 | 原列質韻 |
Definitions
帥
- †(military) to command; to lead (and give orders to); to designate
- † to lead; to guide
- (to be a) role model; example
- to follow; to adhere to
- 帥教 / 帅教 ― shuàijiào ― to follow guidance
- rapid; sharp; sudden
- 帥然 / 帅然 ― shuàirán ― suddenly, rapidly
- 帥爾 / 帅尔 ― shuàiěr ― rapidly
- commander-in-chief; marshal
- officialdom; senior officials
- (of a person or a thing) leader; guider; leading factor
- (Xiangqi) marshal, the chief piece
- (colloquial) (of men) handsome; good-looking; hot
- (colloquial) elegant; beautiful; splendid; impressive
- A surname.
See also
- 帨 (shuì, “shawl, mantelet”) - may be used interchangeably; forms the character etymology of 帥.
- 率 (shuài, “to lead”) - may be used interchangeably
- 將／将 (jiàng, “officer”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
帥
- commander
Readings
Korean
Hanja
帥 • (sol, su) (hangeul 솔, 수, revised sol, su, McCune-Reischauer sol, su)
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Vietnamese
Han character
帥 (suất, súy, suý, soái)
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