所 suǒ

1. suǒ measure word measure word for houses, small buildings and institutions
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (ABC 'suǒ' 所 m; GHC '所' 2; Kroll 2015 '所' 1a, p. 437; NCCED '所' 4; XHZD '所' 4, p. 718)
2. suǒ suffix an office; an institute
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (ABC 'suǒ' 所 suf 2; NCCED '所' 5; XHZD '所' 2, p. 718)
3. suǒ particle introduces a relative clause
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (NCCED '所' 2; XHZD '所' 5, p. 718)
4. suǒ pronoun it
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: When 所 is placed in front of a verb or verbal construction it nominalizes the result. For example, 前所未有 'never happened in the past, i.e. unprecedented' (ABC 'suǒ' 所 cons 1; CCI '前所未有'; GHC '所' 3; Kroll 2015 '所' 2, p. 437; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 68).
5. suǒ conjunction if; supposing
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 如 or 若 (GHC '所' 4)
6. suǒ adjective a few; various; some
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As an approximate number (GHC '所' 6)
7. suǒ noun a place; a location
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 所 means 处所 or 地方. Used in the pattern 'A 所' it means 'the place of A.' (ABC 'suǒ' 所 suf 1; GHC '所' 1; Kroll 2015 '所' 1, p. 437; NCCED '所' 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 68; XHZD '所' 1, p. 718)
8. suǒ auxiliary verb indicates a passive voice
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: Used in the construction 为...所... (ABC 'suǒ' 所 cons 2; GHC '所' 5; NCCED '所' 3; XHZD '所' 6, p. 718)
9. suǒ particle that which
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: A nominalizing form where the phrase after 所 is transformed into a noun phrase (ABC 'suǒ' 所 bf; Kroll 2015 '所' 2a, p. 437; Rouzer 2007, p. 32)
10. suǒ number an ordinal number
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 次数 (GHC '所' 7)
11. suǒ noun meaning
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 意思 (GHC '所' 8)
12. suǒ noun garrison
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A military organizational unit in the Yuan and Ming (GHC '所' 9; XHZD '所' 3, p. 718)

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• 管窥所及(管窺所及) in my humble opinion
• 大失所望 greatly disappointed in all one's hopes
• 有所不同 to differ to some extent
• 不知所以 to not know the reason; to not know what to do
• 研究所 research institute
• 不知所措 not knowing what to do
• 己所不欲 what you yourself do not desire
• 戒毒所 drug rehabilitation center
• 所多玛(所多瑪) Sodom
• 所有主 owner; proprietor
• 声色场所(聲色場所) red-light district
• 无所不能(無所不能) omnipotent
• 交管所 DMV (department of motor vehicles)
• 之所以 the reason why
• 招待所 reception area
• 阿其所好 to pander to somebody's whims
• 技术所限(技術所限) technical limitations
• 美国标准技术研究所(美國標準技術研究所) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• 有所 somewhat; to some extent
• 无所作为(無所作為) to accomplish nothing
• 所周知 as is well known; as everyone knows
• 一如所料 as expected
• 优劣得所(優劣得所) progressively less able officers will be asisgned to their proper place
• 居无定所(居無定所) to be without a fixed residence
• 无所事事(無所事事) to have nothing to do; to idle one's time away
• 所作所为(所作所為) a person's actions and conduct; all of a person's deeds
• 托儿所(托兒所) nursery
• 前所未有 never happened in the past; unprecedented
• 时有所闻(時有所聞) heard from time to time; one keeps hearing that...
• 所居 residence; dwelling; dwelling place
• 所为(所爲) one's actions ; reason ; what one does; doings
• 版权所有(版權所有) all rights reserved
• 匪夷所思 fantastic; freak
• 在所不辞(在所不辭) not to refuse to ; not to hesitate to
• 托老所 senior center
• 无所畏忌(無所畏忌) without any fear of consequences; totally devoid of scruples
• 中德诊所(中德診所) Sino-German clinic
• 公共场所(公共場所) public space; public place
• 所罗门群岛(所羅門群島) Solomon Islands
• 萝卜白菜，各有所爱(蘿蔔白菜，各有所愛) one man's meat is another man's poison; to each his own
• 所愿(所願) wished-for; desired
• 无所不为(無所不為) not stopping at anything; all manner of evil
• 大势所趋(大勢所趨) a general trend
• 为所欲为(為所欲為) to do whatever one desires
• 人各有所好 everyone has their likes and dislikes; there is no accounting for taste; chacun son goût
• 所能 according to one's capabilities; what somebody is capable of
• 攻其所不戒 attack [the enemy's] unguarded locations
• 所有者 proprietor; owner
• 适得其所(適得其所) exactly what one would wish; to find one's niche

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