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
- 所以 therefore; as a result; so ; that by which ; how; why
- 所向无敌(所向無敵) to be invincible; unrivalled
- 果如所料 just as expected
- 道之所存,师之所存(道之所存,師之所存) if somebody has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher
- 优劣得所(優劣得所) progressively less able officers will be asisgned to their proper place
- 所居 residence; dwelling; dwelling place
- 人各有所好 everyone has their likes and dislikes; there is no accounting for taste; chacun son goût
- 证券交易所(證券交易所) stock exchange
- 一无所知(一無所知) to not know anything at all
- 印刷所 printing press; printing office; printer
- 寓所 dwelling
- 王国聚会所(王國聚會所) Kingdom Hall (place of worship used by Jehovah's Witnesses)
- 各有所好 everyone has their likes and dislikes
- 所在地 location; site
- 娱乐场所(娛樂場所) place of entertainment
- 无所用心(無所用心) not paying attention to anything; to idle time away
- 所见(所見) what one seen; all one sees ; understanding
- 不出所料 as expected
- 事之所系(事之所繫) what binds everything together
- 所向披靡 to sweep everything before one; to be invincible
- 人所共知 something that everybody knows
- 强人所难(強人所難) to force someone to do something
- 所得 what one acquires; one's gains
- 力所不及 beyond one's power
- 有所 somewhat; to some extent
- 中德诊所(中德診所) Sino-German clinic
- 如其所好 as one pleases
- 之所以 the reason why
- 知其然而不知其所以然 to know that it is so but not why it is so
- 所有主 owner; proprietor
- 戒毒所 drug rehabilitation center
- 派出所 local police station
- 匪夷所思 fantastic; freak
- 从其所与同(從其所與同) to follow that which is the same as oneself
- 综上所述(綜上所述) to summarize; a round-up; in summary
- 所有制(所有製) system of ownership
- 所多玛与蛾摩拉(所多瑪與蛾摩拉) Sodom and Gomorrah
- 用得其所 used properly; used for its intended purpose; to put to good use; to serve its purpose
- 看守所 detention center
- 一无所有(一無所有) not having anything at all; utterly lacking
- 管见所及(管見所及) in my humble opinion
- 中介所 agency
- 从心所欲(從心所欲) to follow one's heart's desires
- 紧急庇护所(緊急庇護所) an emergency shelter
Also contained in
弥勒所问经 、 所依不成过 、 印度考古研究所 、 计算所 、 所罗门圣殿 、 所见即所得 、 纽约证券交易所
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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