帅 (shuài): (bound form) commander-in-chief, (bound form) to lead, to command, handsome, graceful, dashing, elegant
帅 (shuài) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) commander-in-chief.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 刂 (structural) and 巾 (structural). It ranks #1867 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 帅 an army officer carrying a weapon 刂 and a flag 巾. Its radical form 巾 (cloth) appears in many related characters such as 师 (shī, teacher), 帮 (bāng, to help), 常 (cháng, always).
Definitions
- (bound form) commander-in-chief
- (bound form) to lead
- to command
- handsome
- graceful
- dashing
- elegant
Etymology & Origin
ideographicAn army officer carrying a weapon 刂 and a flag 巾
Decomposition: ⿰刂巾 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 帅气adjective | shuài qi | handsome |
| 帅哥noun | shuài gē | handsome guy |
| 元帅noun | yuán shuài | (military) marshal |
| 统帅noun | tǒng shuài | command |
| 大元帅noun | dà yuán shuài | generalissimo |
| 大帅noun | dà shuài | (old) commanding general |
| 主帅noun | zhǔ shuài | (military) commander-in-chief |
| 好兵帅克 | hǎo bīng shuài kè | The Good Soldier Švejk (Schweik), satirical novel by Czech author Jaroslav Hašek (1883-1923) |
| 分数挂帅 | fēn shù guà shuài | preoccupied with school grades |
| 高富帅noun | gāo fù shuài | "Mr Perfect" (i.e. tall, rich and handsome) (Internet slang) |
| 金钱挂帅 | jīn qián guà shuài | caring only about money and wealth |
| 舍车保帅phrase | shě jū bǎo shuài | rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess) |
| 将帅noun | jiàng shuài | commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess |
| 帅呆了 | shuài dāi le | awesome |
| 赵公元帅 | zhào gōng yuán shuài | Marshal Zhao, aka Zhao Gongming or Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism |
帅 appears in 18 compound words: 17 as the first character, 78 as the last, and 6 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 帅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
帅字虽然难写，但意思很有趣。
shuài zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .
The character "帅" may be difficult to write, but its meaning is quite interesting.
李洙赫帅到像AI“肉麻台词狂撩Jisoo” 本人...
lǐ 洙 hè shuài dào xiàng A I ròu má tái cí kuáng 撩 J i s o o běn rén . . .
Lee so-hyuk is so handsome that he looks like an AI "fleshy line flirtatious Jisoo" himself...
龙仔大联盟机会浮现?小熊一垒手动刀、主帅点龙恩是替补人选之一
lóng zǐ dà lián méng jī huì fú xiàn ? xiǎo xióng yī lěi shǒu dòng dāo , zhǔ shuài diǎn lóng ēn shì tì bǔ rén xuǎn zhī yī
Dragon Boy Major League Opportunities Emerge? Cubs first baseman knife and manager Dian Longen is one of the substitutes
王展造:国盟换帅,伊党掌舵,绿意渐浓?
wáng zhǎn zào : guó méng huàn shuài , yī dǎng zhǎng duò , lǜ yì jiān nóng ?
Wang Zhanzao: The National League changed its commander, the Iraqi party took the helm, and the greenery gradually deepened?
...忙搬桌椅”! 角头团队新作怀秋、吴念轩双帅登场
. . . máng bān zhuō yǐ ! jiǎo tóu tuán duì xīn zuò huái qiū , wú niàn 轩 shuāng shuài dēng chǎng
... Busy moving tables and chairs"! The new work of the Jiaotou team Huaiqiu and Wu Nianxuan appeared
...人围观 6岁潮男Chok样曝光获赞“母胎帅哥”
. . . rén wéi guàn 6 suì cháo nán C h o k yàng pù guāng huò zàn mǔ tāi shuài gē
... People watched the 6-year-old trendy boy Chok was exposed and praised as a "handsome guy in the mother and fetus"
他很聪明，而且他很帅。
Tā hěn cōngming, érqiě tā hěn shuài.
He's very smart, and he's handsome too.
隔壁帅哥说他每天都去慢跑。
Gébì shuàigē shuō tā měitiān dōu qù mànpǎo.
The man next door said he goes for a jog every morning.
他很年轻，更重要的是，他很帅。
Tā hěn niánqīng, gèng zhòngyào de shì, tā hěn shuài.
He is young and, what is more, handsome.
那位帅哥是我们的老师。
Nà wèi shuàigē shì wǒmen de lǎoshī.
That young man is our teacher.
Character Family
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