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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 元帅

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
元帅 yuán shuài - (military) marshal; commander-in-chief

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 17,414 14,337 21,662

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yuán- surname Yuan
- Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
yuán- currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
- (bound form) first; original; primary
- (bound form) basic; fundamental
- (bound form) constituent; part
- (prefix) meta-
- (math.) argument; variable
- era (of a reign)
- (Tw) (geology) eon
shuài- surname Shuai
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)

Other Words Containing 元帅

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
元帅 - - 17,414 14,337 21,662
大元帅 - - 28,635 43,846 54,520