所 suǒ
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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) -
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) -
particle
introduces a relative clause
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (NCCED '所' 2; XHZD '所' 5, p. 718) -
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). -
conjunction
if / supposing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 如 or 若 (GHC '所' 4) -
adjective
a few / various / some
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As an approximate number (GHC '所' 6) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
number
an ordinal number
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 次数 (GHC '所' 7) -
noun
meaning
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 意思 (GHC '所' 8) -
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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- 所在 place / location
- 伦敦国际金融期货交易所(倫敦國際金融期貨交易所) London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE)
- 一无所获(一無所獲) to gain nothing / to end up empty-handed
- 技术所限(技術所限) technical limitations
- 之所以 the reason why
- 无所用心(無所用心) not paying attention to anything / to idle time away
- 所思 what one thinks
- 计无所施(計無所施) by no means / there is no way possible
- 前所未闻(前所未聞) unheard-of / unprecedented
- 所有 all ; to belong to
- 收容所 temporary shelter / hospice / refuge ( for animals) / detention center
- 有所广益(有所廣益) for the greater benefit of all
- 公共场所(公共場所) public space / public place
- 所见所闻(所見所聞) what one hears and sees
- 不知所措 not knowing what to do
- 不知所云 to not know what somebody is saying / to be unintelligible
- 医务所(醫務所) clinic
- 所见(所見) what one seen / all one sees ; understanding
- 所长(所長) director
- 无所不用其极(無所不用其極) committing all manner of crimes / completely unscrupulous
- 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
- 所得税(所得稅) income tax
- 所作所为(所作所為) a person's actions and conduct / all of a person's deeds
- 如其所好 as one pleases
- 所在地 location / site
- 无所不为(無所不為) not stopping at anything / all manner of evil
- 拘留所 detention center / prison
- 投其所好 to cater to other people's pleasures
- 各执所见(各執所見) each [person] sticks to his own view
- 所有格 possessive case
- 寡人所与庶人共者(寡人所與庶人共者) which I share with the common people
- 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
- 声色场所(聲色場所) red-light district
- 投开票所(投開票所) polling station
- 无所不至(無所不至) to reach everywhere / to stop at nothing / to do one's utmost
- 不为所动(不為所動) to remain unmoved
- 所知 known / what one knows
- 所有主 owner / proprietor
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东京证券交易所 、 所成立 、 所持 、 妙臂菩萨所问经 、 彰所知论 、 所别不极成过 、 古籍整理研究所 、 所藏 、 业自在等所依眞如 、 观所缘缘论 、 卡托研究所 、 所立法不成过 、 解脱所见身
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