所 suǒ
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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) -
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) -
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) -
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). -
suǒ
conjunction
if; supposing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 如 or 若 (GHC '所' 4) -
suǒ
adjective
a few; various; some
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As an approximate number (GHC '所' 6) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
suǒ
number
an ordinal number
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 次数 (GHC '所' 7) -
suǒ
noun
meaning
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 意思 (GHC '所' 8) -
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)
Contained in
- 拜你所赐(拜你所賜) this is all thanks to you!; well, thanks a lot!
- 事之所系(事之所繫) what binds everything together
- 从心所欲(從心所欲) to follow one's heart's desires
- 力所能及 to the best of one's ability
- 义之所在(義之所在) justice is to be found everywhere
- 用得其所 used properly; used for its intended purpose; to put to good use; to serve its purpose
- 得所 find one's place
- 所需 necessary; required
- 无所用心(無所用心) not paying attention to anything; to idle time away
- 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
- 所发现(所發現) discovered; what one discovers
- 所多玛(所多瑪) Sodom
- 闻所未闻(聞所未聞) unheard of; an extremely rare and unprecedented event
- 庇护所(庇護所) a shelter; a sanctuary
- 任所 one's office; place where one holds a post
- 综上所述(綜上所述) to summarize; a round-up; in summary
- 所有格 possessive case
- 一无所闻(一無所聞) unheard of
- 一如所料 as expected
- 版权所有(版權所有) all rights reserved
- 尺有所短，寸有所长(尺有所短，寸有所長) for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice; everyone has their strong and weak points
- 住所 residence
- 前所未闻(前所未聞) unheard-of; unprecedented
- 所生 parents (father and mother)
- 匪夷所思 fantastic; freak
- 寡人所与庶人共者(寡人所與庶人共者) which I share with the common people
- 各有所好 everyone has their likes and dislikes
- 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
- 所想 what one considers; one's thoughts
- 何所 where; what place
- 所知 known; what one knows
- 所闻(所聞) what one hears
- 无所不为(無所不為) not stopping at anything; all manner of evil
- 时有所闻(時有所聞) heard from time to time; one keeps hearing that...
- 处所(處所) a place
- 所向披靡 to sweep everything before one; to be invincible
- 诊疗所(診療所) a medical clinic
- 所多 Soto
- 日本原子能研究所 Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
- 深圳证券交易所(深圳證券交易所) Shenzhen Stock Exchange
- 无所作为(無所作為) to accomplish nothing
- 拘留所 detention center; prison
Also contained in
文化研究所 、 所别不极成 、 印度考古研究所 、 中国科学院计算技术研究所 、 浙江省社会科学研究所哲学研究室 、 所立法不成过 、 卡托研究所 、 计算所 、 所立法不成
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