| 所 | 1192A55 90S.22-9 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄙㄨㄛˇ [suo3] | ||
| N. adjunct. | 一所房屋 a house. | |||||
| N. | (1) A place: 住所 where one lives, dwelling place; 得其所 has what one desires; 居無定所 without definite residence; 廁所，便所 water closet. (2) An office, bureau, station: 公所 a civil office; 派出所 police station; 繳納所 bureau for receiving payments; 檢驗所 checking station, bureau of inspection; 衛生所 public health office; 診所 clinic. | |||||
| Pron. | (1) What, that which, all that, whatever (nearest thing to a Chin. relative pronoun, introducing a noun clause): 不知所當為 (當說) do not know what to do, what to say; 所不知者闕如 what one does not know should be left out; 有所不知 there are things which one does not know; 有所不及 there are things where one cannot compare with another; 無所不知 omniscient; 無所不為 stop at nothing (i.e., cheating, lying, etc.); 大失所望 greatly disappoints one's hopes; 所見略同 share each other's views to certain extent, agree mostly; 暢所欲言 (欲為) do (say) exactly as the mind dictates; 所為何事 what are (you) here for? 所從出 where it comes from; 所憾 what one regrets; 所向披靡 ever triumphant, ever victorious. (2) Often expressing passive voice in “be＋agent＋所＋vb.”: 為匪所殺 was killed by bandits; 被水所淹 was drowned by water; 為人所欺 was cheated by s.o. | |||||
| Words | 1. 所部 [suo3bu4], n., see [suo3shu3]↓. 2. 所得 [suo3de2], n., income, results: 毫無所得 without any results; 所得不償所失 gains cannot make up for losses; 所得稅 income tax. 3. 所歡 [suo3huan1], n., lover: 疑是所歡來 think her (his) lover has come. 4. 所長 [suo2zhang3], (1) n., bureau chief; (2) ([suo3chang2]) n., what one is good at, strong points, specialty. 5. 所知 [suo3zhi1], (1) phr., what one knows, the known; (2) n., an acquaintance. 6. 所屬 [suo2shu3], n., army units or staff under one's command. 7. 所事 [suo3shi4]1, n., what one does or undertakes: 無所事事 do nothing all day. 8. 所識 [suo3shi4]2, n., an acquaintance. 9. 所司 [suo3si1]1, n., one’s duties: 所司何事 isn't that part of your duties? 10. 所思 [suo3si1]2, n., (LL) the person one loves and remembers; what one in thinking of: 若有所思 as if thinking of s.t. 11. 所天 [suo3tian1], n., (LL) husband (“what is heaven” to a wife); one's father, (AC) also the sovereign. 12. 所在 [suo3zai4], (1) n., place: 忘其所在 forget the place; n., 那個所在 that place; (2) adv., every where: 所在都有 is found everywhere; adv., 所在地 where a person, thing, is found or located. 13. 所為 [suo3wei4]1, (1) n., reason, cause: 所為何來 what do you come here for? suoo-weih1, n., (2) ([suo3wei2]) what one does, (person's) conduct. 14. 所謂 [suo3wei4]2, adj., so-called: 所謂君子 so-called gentlemen. 15. 所以 [suo2yi3], conj., (1) therefore, reason why: 因為…所以 because...therefore; 我所以不來 the reason I did not come; 所以不去 therefore I am not going, did not go; 所以敗了 therefore (s.o.) is defeated; 不知所以 do not know why; (2) whereby: 所以興懷 that by which one is moved; 所以然 the reason why: 知其然，不知其所以然 know it is so, but do not know why it is so. 16. 所有 [suo2you3], n., all one's possessions: 所有權 ownership; 財產所有權 property rights. | |||||