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帥

简帅 · 繁帥

Mandarin · pinyin shuài#

(bound form) commander-in-chief
(bound form) to lead; to command
handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant
(coll.) cool!; sweet!
(Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)

Mandarin · pinyin Shuài#

surname Shuai

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帅: shuài · commander, commander-in-chief

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4 · shuai4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

seoi3 · seot1

Cantonese word readings for 帥. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(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
rapid; sharp; sudden
commander-in-chief; marshal
officialdom; senior officials
(of a person or a thing) leader; guider; leading factor
(xiangqi) marshal: 🩠, the chief piece on the red side
(colloquial, of men) handsome; good-looking; hot
(colloquial) elegant; beautiful; splendid; impressive
(surname) Shuai, Chinese surname

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