# 元帥
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yuánshuài
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun$^4$ seoi$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-soi / ngiàn-soi
* Eastern Min (BUC): nguòng-só̤i
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-sòe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yuánshuài
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yuánshuài
*** Wade–Giles: yüan$^2$-shuai$^4$
*** Yale: ywán-shwài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanshuay
*** Palladius: юаньшуай (juanʹšuaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɥɛn³⁵ ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyun$^4$ seoi$^3$
*** Yale: yùhn seui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jyn$^4$ soey$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yun$^4$ sêu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyːn²¹ sɵy̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-soi
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngien$^ˇ$ soi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngian$^2$ soi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ soi̯⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-soi
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngian$^ˇ$ soi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngian$^2$ soi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ soi̯⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: nguòng-só̤i
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋuoŋ⁵³⁻²¹ $^{(s-)}$nɔy²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-sòe
*** Tâi-lô: guân-suè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: goansoex
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² sue²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² sue⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² sue²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ sue¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ sue²¹/
* Middle Chinese: ngjwon srwijH
Rime :
| Character | 元 | 帥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (66) | 脂 (18) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 愚袁切 | 所類切 |
| Baxter | ngjwon | srwijH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋʉɐn/ | /ʃˠiuɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋʷiɐn/ | /ʃʷᵚi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋiuɐn/ | /ʃiuɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋuan/ | /ʂjwi$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋiuɐn/ | /ʃjui$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋĭwɐn/ | /ʃwi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋi̯wɐn/ | /ʂwi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yuán | shuài |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyun$^4$ | seoi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ]o[r] s-rut-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋon sruds|srud/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 元 | 帥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yuán | shuài |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ngjwon › | ‹ srwij$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ŋ]o[r]/ (< nasal + uvular) | /*s-rut-s/ |
| English | head; first | leader (of an army) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 元 | 帥 | 帥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 16145 | 11929 | 11930 |
| Phonetic component | 元 | 帥 | 帥 |
| Rime group | 元 | 隊 | 物 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 元 | 帥 | 率 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋon/ | /*sruds/ | /*srud/ |
| Notes | | 甲文象雙手拭席， 後加巾轉註 | 原列質韻 |

### Noun

元帥
* marshal; general of the army
* (archaic) supreme commander (of an army)
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
    Yúshì hū sōu yú Pīlú, zuò sānjūn, móu yuánshuài. [Pinyin]
    For this, [the lords of Jin] reviewed the troops at Pilu [uncertain, somewhere in the east of Jin], established the Three Armies, and deliberated on the choice of the supreme commander.

#### Derived terms

* 大元帥 / 大元帅 (dàyuánshuài)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 元(げん)帥(すい) (gensui)
* → Korean: 원수(元帥) (wonsu)
* → Vietnamese: nguyên soái (元帥)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 元 | 帥 |
| げん Grade: 2 | すい Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) げんすい [géꜜǹsùì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃sɨi]

### Noun

元(げん)帥(すい) • (gensui)
* (military) a marshal
* (military) a field marshal
* (military) a general of the army
* (military) an admiral of the fleet

### See also

* 大(だい)元(げん)帥(すい) (daigensui)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 元 | 帥 |

### Noun

元帥 • (wonsu) (hangeul 원수)
* hanja form of 원수 (“marshal”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 元 | 帥 |

### Noun

元帥
* chữ Hán form of nguyên soái (“marshal”).