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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• 所料 expectation; what one anticipates
• 所见(所見) what one seen; all one sees ; understanding
• 道所存者，乃师所存者(道所存者，乃師所存者) if somebody has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher
• 人心所向 that which is yearned for by the public
• 所周知 as is well known; as everyone knows
• 用得其所 used properly; used for its intended purpose; to put to good use; to serve its purpose
• 无所畏忌(無所畏忌) without any fear of consequences; totally devoid of scruples
• 随心所欲(隨心所欲) to follow one's heart's desires; to indulge
• 心之所之 whereever the heart is inclined to go
• 上海证券交易所综合股价指(上海證券交易所綜合股價指) Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) Composite Index
• 人各有所好 everyone has their likes and dislikes; there is no accounting for taste; chacun son goût
• 阿其所好 to pander to somebody's whims
• 所向无敌(所向無敵) to be invincible; unrivalled
• 饱食终日，无所用心(飽食終日，無所用心) to eat three square meals a day and do no work; to be sated with food and remain idle
• 有所得必有所失 there is no gain without a loss; there is no such thing as a free meal
• 精诚所至(精誠所至) with a will, you can achieve anything
• 无所作为(無所作為) to accomplish nothing
• 有所不同 to differ to some extent
• 不为所动(不為所動) to remain unmoved
• 中介所 agency
• 同民所欲 to have affinity with the desires of the people
• 紧急庇护所(緊急庇護所) an emergency shelter
• 所在 place; location
• 所长(所長) director
• 之所以 the reason why
• 托儿所(托兒所) nursery
• 一如所料 as expected
• 各取所需 each takes what he needs
• 前所未闻(前所未聞) unheard-of; unprecedented
• 所致 to be caused by
• 一无所知(一無所知) to not know anything at all
• 声色场所(聲色場所) red-light district
• 托老所 senior center
• 港交所 Hong Kong Stock Exchange
• 所部 troops under one's command
• 各执所见(各執所見) each [person] sticks to his own view
• 为所欲为(為所欲為) to do whatever one desires
• 投开票所(投開票所) polling station
• 安于所遇(安於所遇) satisfied with any situation
• 空无所有(空無所有) having nothing; utterly destitute; without two sticks to rub together
• 得所 find one's place
• 果如所料 just as expected
• 理所当然(理所當然) as it should be by rights
• 研究所 research institute
• 知其然而不知其所以然 to know that it is so but not why it is so

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文化研究所 、 深圳交易所 、 中国科学院计算技术研究所 、 纽交所 、 浙江省社会科学研究所哲学研究室 、 上海证券交易所

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