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Meaning of 所
Pinyin
suǒ
Radical
户
Strokes
8
Definition
actually / place
Usage
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所 [suǒ]
名词:
1. 处，地方：住所，哨所，场所，处所。
(Place, location: residence, lookout post, venue, site.)
2. 机关或其他办事的地方的名称：研究所，派出所。
(The name of an organization or other office: research institute, police station.)
3. 量词，指房屋：一所四合院。
(Measure word for houses: one courtyard house.)
4. 用在动词前，代表接受动作的事物：所部（所率领的部队）；所谓（所说的，或某些人所说的，含不承认意）。无所谓（不关紧要，不关心）。所向无敌。有所不为而后可以有为。
(Used before a verb to indicate the object of an action: the unit led by; what is said; unimportant matters; something to not act upon to enable acting later.)
5. 用在动词前，与前面的“为”或“被”字相应，表示被动的意思：为人所敬。
(Used before a verb with “to be” or “to be passive” indicating passive voice: respected by others.)
6. 姓。
(Surname.)
助词:
1. 表示结构：用在动词前与被或为相结合表示被动。
(Indicates structure: used before a verb or in a V-C structure with 被 or 为 to indicate passive voice.)
2. 与后面的动词结合，构成名词性结构。
(Combines with subsequent verbs to form nominal structures.)
3. 用在作主谓结构的谓词前，相当于“之”、“的”。
(Used before predicates in a subject-predicate structure, equivalent to "之" or "的".)
4. 用作宾语提前的标志，多与“唯”字配合使用，相当于“是”。
(Serves as a marker for fronting the object, often used with the word "唯", equivalent to "to be".)
5. 与“为”呼应，构成“为…所…”句式，表示被动。
(Echoes with "为", forming a sentence pattern that indicates passive.)
6. 与介词“从”“由”“自”结合，组成所字结构，表示与动作有关的地方、原因、对象等。
(Combines with prepositions “from”, “by”, “self” to form syntactical structures indicating places, causes, objects related to actions.)
7. 和介词“以”组成“所以”这一短语，根据“以”的不同用法与具体语言环境，有不同的意思。
(Forms the phrase "so that" with the preposition "以", with meanings dependent on usage context.)
量词:
1. 用于地点、位置，相当于“处”。
(Used for places, locations, equivalent to "place".)
2. 用于山、岛等物，相当于“座”。
(Used for mountains, islands, etc., equivalent to "seat".)
3. 用于建筑物。
(Used for buildings.)
副词:
1. 尚，还：尚未。
(Still, yet: not yet.)
2. 大约：用在数量词后面，表示大概的数目。
(About: used after quantity words to indicate approximate numbers.)
代词:
1. 这，此：这件事。
(This, that: this matter.)
2. 表示疑问，相当于“何”、“什么”。
(Indicates questions, equivalent to "what".)
假设:
若，如果：如所不。
(If, if: as in "not".)
形容词:
1. 一切，所有：所有人。
(All, every: everyone.)
2. 宜，适宜的，为其所需的：应得。
(Fit, suitable: what is required.)
3. 许多的，多种的：各种。
(Many, various: all kinds of.)
4. 可以的：允许的。
(Permissible: allowed.)
one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with) / subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself) / belonging to / affiliated / under one's command
lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic / to hold forth to one's heart's content
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Input Method for 所
Pinyin
suo3
Wubi
rnrh
Cangjie
hshml
Zhengma
pdxp
Four Corner
72221
Unicode
U+6240
Stroke Number Category
HSK Level Category