所 (suǒ)
place; office; measure word for buildings
How 所 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 戶 — door/house
- Traditional
- 所
- Simplified
- 所 (unchanged)
Components
Common words using 所
- 所以 suǒyǐ
- therefore; as a result; so
- 所有 suǒyǒu
- all; to have; to possess
- 一無所有 yīwúsuǒyǒu
- not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking; without two sticks to rub together
- 不知所措 bùzhīsuǒcuò
- not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end; embarrassed and at a complete loss
- 之所以 zhīsuǒyǐ
- the reason why
- 前所未有 qiánsuǒwèiyǒu
- unprecedented
- 場所 chǎngsuǒ
- location; place
- 廁所 cèsuǒ
- toilet; lavatory; CL:間|间[jian1],處|处[chu4]
- 所在 suǒzài
- place; location; whereabouts
- 所謂 suǒwèi
- so-called; what is called
- 暢所欲言 chàngsuǒyùyán
- lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic; to hold forth to one's heart's content
- 有所 yǒusuǒ
- somewhat; to some extent
所 in a sentence
請問廁所在哪裡？
Qǐngwèn cèsuǒ zài nǎlǐ?
“Excuse me, where is the restroom?”
How common is 所?
所 is the 54th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 31.6% of all running text.
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