所 (suǒ): meaning and stroke order
所 (suǒ) means actually, place, classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc, that which.
所
- Simplified
- 所
- Traditional
- 所 (same form)
- Pinyin
- suǒ
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Stroke order of 所
所
- suǒ actually; place
- 8 strokes
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Meaning of 所
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suǒ
- actually
- place
- classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
- that which
- particle introducing a relative clause or passive
- CL:個|个[ge4]
Radical and structure
- 所
- Radical 戶 (Kangxi radical 63) · 8 strokes · 戶 on the left, 斤 on the right
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Words with 所
- 所以 suǒ yǐ therefore; as a result
- 所有 suǒ yǒu all; to have; to possess; to own
- 所谓 suǒ wèi what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
- 之所以 zhī suǒ yǐ (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
- 交易所 jiāo yì suǒ exchange; stock exchange
- 综上所述 zōng shàng suǒ shù to summarize; to sum up
所 in our stories
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路上，她遇到了一个去同一所书院的书生梁山伯。两人一见如故，就在路边结拜成了兄弟。
lù shàng tā yùdào le yí gè qù tóng yì suǒ shūyuàn de shūshēng Liáng Shānbó liǎng rén yíjiànrúgù jiù zài lùbiān jiébài chéng le xiōngdì
On the way she met a scholar, Liang Shanbo, heading for the same academy. They got on like old friends at once and swore brotherhood by the roadside.
From the story The Butterfly Lovers HSK 7–9 · Level 8
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天亮以后，他过了河。他没有再去长安，而是在家乡办了一所小学堂，教村里的孩子读书。
tiān liàng yǐhòu tā guò le hé tā méiyǒu zài qù Cháng'ān érshì zài jiāxiāng bàn le yì suǒ xiǎo xuétáng jiāo cūnlǐ de háizi dúshū
At daybreak he crossed the river. He never went back to Chang'an; instead he opened a small school in his home village and taught the village children to read.
From the story The Dragon Gate and the ordinary fish HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 所
- The Butterfly Lovers HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- The Dragon Gate and the ordinary fish HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).