Shuai

Shuài (帥) is a Chinese surname. Shi (師 OC: /*sri/) was changed to Shuai (帥 OC: /*sruds/, *srud/) to avoid conflict with the name of Sima Shi, a military general and regent of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China.[1] Shuai is the 298th most common surname in China.[2]

Notable people with the surname Shuai include:

  • Bei Bei Shuai, Chinese immigrant
  • Shuai Pei-ling (born 1993), Taiwanese badminton player
  • Shuai Mengqi (1897–1998), Chinese politician

See also

  • Shuai jiao
  • Yuan shuai
    • Da yuan shuai

References

  1. ^ Adamek, Piotr (5 July 2017). Good Son Is Sad If He Hears the Name of His Father: The Tabooing of Names in China As a Way of Implementing Social Values. p. 124. ISBN 9781351565219. Archived from the original on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. ^ 中国最新300大姓排名（2008） [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Archived from the original on 2018-03-04. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
Surname list
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