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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 挂帅

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
挂帅 guà shuài - to be in command
- (fig.) to dominate over other considerations; to be over-emphasized

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
- - - 18,683 41,551

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
guà- to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)
- to hang up (the phone)
- (of a line) to be dead
- to be worried; to be concerned
- (dialect) to make a phone call
- to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor)
- (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam)
- classifier for sets or clusters of objects
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 挂帅

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