帥哥

See also: 帅哥

Chinese

		commander in chief; handsome; graceful commander in chief; handsome; graceful; smart	elder brother
trad. (帥哥)		帥	哥
simp. (帅哥)		帅	哥
alternative forms		帥鍋／帅锅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuàigē

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi³ go¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sòe-ko
• Wu
  • (Northern): ⁵se-ku

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuàigē
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuàige
    • Wade–Giles: shuai⁴-ko¹
    • Yale: shwài-gē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuayge
    • Palladius: шуайгэ (šuajgɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ kɤ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuàigēr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄜㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuàiger
    • Wade–Giles: shuai⁴-ko¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: shwài-gēr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuayge'l
    • Palladius: шуайгэр (šuajgɛr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ kɤɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi³ go¹
    • Yale: seui gō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey³ go¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu³ go¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³³ kɔː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòe-ko
    • Tâi-lô: suè-ko
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soea'koy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sue²¹⁻⁵³ ko⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ko³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵se-ku
    • MiniDict: se^去 ku
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²se-ku
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se³³ ku⁴⁴/

Noun

帥哥

1. (colloquial) handsome man; handsome boy

Usage notes

Often used as a polite way of getting the attention of a male member of the public, such as a waiter, being equivalent to excuse me in English.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 美男子 (“handsome man”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		美男子, 俊男
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	帥哥
	Singapore	帥哥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	靚仔
	Hong Kong	靚仔
	Taishan	靚仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	靚仔
	Dongguan	靚仔
	Yangjiang	靚仔
	Penang (Guangfu)	靚仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	靚仔
Hakka	Meixian	靚仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	靚仔
Southern Min	Anxi	緣投的
	Tainan	緣投仔桑
	Penang (Hokkien)	緣投峇
	Jieyang	雅囝

Coordinate terms

• 美女 (měinǚ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (帥哥):

• → Vietnamese: soái ca (帥哥)