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所谓 (suǒ wèi): meaning and stroke order

所谓 (suǒ wèi) means what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ..., (derog.) so-called.

所谓

Simplified
所谓
Traditional
所謂
Pinyin
suǒ wèi

Stroke order of 所谓

所

  • suǒ actually; place
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

谓

  • Wèi surname Wei
  • wèi to speak; to say
  • 11 strokes
  • Traditional form: 謂

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 所谓

  1. suǒ wèi Traditional 所謂
    • what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...
    • (derog.) so-called

Radicals of the characters

所
Radical 戶 (Kangxi radical 63) · 8 strokes · 戶 on the left, 斤 on the right
谓
Radical 讠 (Kangxi radical 149) in its simplified form · 11 strokes · 讠 on the left, 胃 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

所谓 in our stories

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  • 所谓锔瓷，就是在破碎的瓷器两边钻出小孔，用金属做的锔钉像订书钉一样把碎片钉在一起。

    suǒwèi jū cí jiùshì zài pòsuì de cíqì liǎngbiān zuān chū xiǎokǒng yòng jīnshǔ zuò de jūdīng xiàng dìngshūdīng yíyàng bǎ suìpiàn dìng zài yìqǐ

    Porcelain riveting means drilling small holes on either side of a break and fixing the pieces together with metal rivets, like staples.

    From the story Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9

  • 子张在故事最后写道：“您所谓的喜欢人才，就像叶公喜欢龙一样，喜欢的不是人才，而是像人才的东西。”

    Zǐzhāng zài gùshi zuìhòu xiě dào nín suǒwèi de xǐhuan réncái jiù xiàng Yègōng xǐhuan lóng yíyàng xǐhuan de bú shì réncái érshì xiàng réncái de dōngxi

    At the end of the story Zizhang wrote: "Your so-called love of talent is like Lord Ye's love of dragons: what you love is not talent but things that look like talent."

    From the story Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 所谓

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).