Does describing a woman as 帅 (shuài; handsome) imply she is mannish? The other day, someone sent me a WeChat sticker which implied I was 帅 (shuài; handsome).  I wasn't exactly thrilled by this, since being called "handsome" in English implies you're kind of mannish.  However, they insisted that women can be called 帅, possibly in an effort to save face.

Question: Does describing a woman as 帅 imply she is mannish?

Judging from Baidu Images, it seems to be a very masculine word.



Mannish: (of a woman) having or displaying qualities regarded as typical of a man.
帅 can also mean cool.

Even when referring to men it doesn’t necessarily equate 100% to handsome because it could also mean cool as well based on the context.

Phrases like: 太帅了 also mean cool not handsome.

Most likely when used with a woman it just means she’s pretty cool.

If people were going to be mean and say a girl looked like a man they’d probably say something like 男人婆.