統帥

See also: 统帅

Chinese

		to gather; to unite; to unify to gather; to unite; to unify; whole	commander in chief; handsome; graceful commander in chief; handsome; graceful; smart
trad. (統帥)		統	帥
simp. (统帅)		统	帅

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǒngshuài

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung² seoi³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thúng-soi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thóng-sòe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tǒngshuài
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄕㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tǒngshuài
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung³-shuai⁴
  - Yale: tǔng-shwài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toongshuay
  - Palladius: туншуай (tunšuaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    統帥 / 统帅
    統率 / 统率
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung² seoi³
  - Yale: túng seui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung² soey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung² sêu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ sɵy̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thúng-soi
  - Hakka Romanization System: tung^ˋ soi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tung³ soi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ³¹ soi̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thóng-sòe
  - Tâi-lô: thóng-suè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tofngsoex
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sue²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sue⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sue²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sue¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sue²¹/

Noun

統帥

marshal; commander; commander-in-chief

See also

(not to be confused with) 統率／统率 (tǒngshuài)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
統	帥
とう Grade: 5	すい Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とーすい [tòósúí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞ːsɨi]

Noun

統(とう)帥(すい) • (tōsui)

(supreme) command

Derived terms

統帥権
統帥者

Verb

統(とう)帥(すい)する • (tōsui suru) suru (stem 統(とう)帥(すい)し (tōsui shi), past 統(とう)帥(すい)した (tōsui shita))

to command; to possess supreme command
天皇(てんのう)ハ陸海軍(りくかいぐん)ヲ統帥(とうすい)ス
tennō wa rikukaigun o tōsui su
The Emperor has the supreme command of the Army and Navy.
- 1889 February 11, 大日本帝国憲法 [Constitution of the Empire of Japan]‎^[1], Article 11:

Conjugation

Conjugation of "統帥する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	統帥し	とうすいし	tōsui shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	統帥し	とうすいし	tōsui shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	統帥する	とうすいする	tōsui suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	統帥する	とうすいする	tōsui suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	統帥すれ	とうすいすれ	tōsui sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	統帥せよ¹ 統帥しろ²	とうすいせよ¹ とうすいしろ²	tōsui seyo¹ tōsui shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	統帥される	とうすいされる	tōsui sareru
Causative	統帥させる統帥さす	とうすいさせるとうすいさす	tōsui saseru tōsui sasu
Potential	統帥できる	とうすいできる	tōsui dekiru
Volitional	統帥しよう	とうすいしよう	tōsui shiyō
Negative	統帥しない	とうすいしない	tōsui shinai
Negative continuative	統帥せず	とうすいせず	tōsui sezu
Formal	統帥します	とうすいします	tōsui shimasu
Perfective	統帥した	とうすいした	tōsui shita
Conjunctive	統帥して	とうすいして	tōsui shite
Hypothetical conditional	統帥すれば	とうすいすれば	tōsui sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“統帥”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026