所 (so2 | suo3) : location; position; building; office

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所

so2

suo3

[1] [n] place; location; position [2] [n] building; office [3] that which

Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 戶 (#63)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

所

This word has been viewed 21306 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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不爲所動 bat1 wai4 so2 dung6 bu4 wei2 suo3 dong4 = to remain unmoved

廁所 ci3 so2 ce4 suo3 = toilet; washroom; bathroom (informal)

所以 so2 ji5 suo3 yi3 = so; therefore; hence; thus

所有 so2 jau5 suo3 you3 = to own; possessions; all

所有人 so2 jau5 jan4 = possessor

所有的 so2 jau5 dik1 suo3 you3 de5 = all 國

廁所板 ci3 so2 baan2 ce4 suo3 ban3 = toilet seat

所謂 so2 wai6 suo3 wei4 = so-called

無所謂 mou4*2 so2 wai6 wu2 suo3 wei4 = inconsequential; don't care

不知所謂 bat1 zi1 so2 wai6 bu4 zhi1 suo3 wei4 = clueless 粵
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對不起，由於下雨，所以我遲到了。國
I'm sorry, I was late because of the rain.

你寄晒所有聖誕咭未呀？粵
Have you sent all of your Christmas cards yet?

頭先總部𠹭我，所以遲咗粵
Headquarters called me just now which is why I'm late.
[Lit. Just now headquarters call me, therefore late-already]

廁所魔鏡，世間上邊個最靚？粵
Mirror mirror on the washroom wall, who's the fairest one of all?
[Lit. toilet magic-mirror, world on which-one most pretty?]

我每朝都喺七點鐘開工，所以我夜晚唔可以出街粵
I start work at 7 o'clock each morning, so I can't stay out too late.
[Lit. I every morning also at 7 o'clock open-work, so I late cannot go-out]

我聽朝喺六點鐘開工，所以我今晚唔可以行公司粵
I‘ve got to start work at six tomorrow, so I can't go shopping tonight.
[Lit. I tomorrow morning at six o'clock start-work, therefore I this-evening cannot go-shopping]

我哋要環保，所以唔好嘥電同水粵
We need to protect the environment, so don't waste water and electricity.
[You can interpolate a 咁多 with the added meaning of "so much" in between the verb and object. 我哋要環保，所以唔好嘥咁多電同水]

因為唔知底細，所以暫時叫佢紅鬼粵
Since we don't have much information, we're calling him "red ghost" for now.
[Lit. because not-know exact-details, therefore temporarily call him red ghost. ("Red Ghost" here is a codename for a criminal. If his name had already been mentioned we could have 因為唔知底細所以暫時噉叫佢.)]

你可以留低﹐亦可以走人﹐對我嚟講都冇所謂。粵
You can stay or go, it's all the same to me.
[Sometimes we need more Cantonese syllables to express the simple English word "or". It's 亦可以 in this sentence. ]

月尾之前所有借讀嘅書籍必須歸還圖書館。粵
All books are to be returned to the library before the end of the month.

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