Shuai

Syllable: "shuai"

Composition

Initial: sh-
Final: -uai
May be confused with
Difficulty for English speakers

Medium
Can be written
- Pinyin: shuai
- IPA: [ʂu̯aɪ̯]
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞ
- Wade-Giles: shuai
Linguistic description

voiceless post-alveolar retroflex fricative
glide
low central unrounded
diphthong

The pinyin "shuai" is a Mandarin Chinese syllable. It is composed of the initial "sh-" and the final "-uai".