HSK 5 · Function Words

所 suǒ “(grammar particle introducing a passive or relative clause)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 所 means

  1. (grammar particle introducing a passive or relative clause)
  2. place
  3. classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
  4. that which
  5. particle introducing a relative clause or passive

Measure word 个 gè · 一个所 yí ge suǒ

How to say 所

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale所suǒ3rd tone, dipping

所 in a sentence

  1. 你是我所知道的最聪明的人。

    Nǐ shì wǒ suǒ zhīdao de zuì cōngming de rén.

    You’re the smartest person I know.

    Sentence #10983070 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我被她对别人的爱心所感动。

    Wǒ bèi tā duì biéren de àixīn suǒ gǎndòng.

    I was moved by her kindness towards others.

    Sentence #1529525 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这是你所能做的一切了。

    Zhè shì nǐ suǒ néng zuò de yíqiè le.

    That’s all you can do.

    Sentence #7768301 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 所 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 所 (suǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
所suǒactually
  • 户door · hù
  • 斤axe · jīn

How to write 所

所 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

所 (suǒ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 所 (suǒ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 所

Words with 所

所以suǒyǐ · so厕所cèsuǒ · toilet所有suǒyǒu · all无所谓wúsuǒwèi · to not matter场所chǎngsuǒ · place理所当然lǐsuǒdāngrán · naturally力所能及lìsuǒnéngjí · within one’s ability众所周知zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī · as everyone knows

More words: Function Words & Grammar

似乎sìhū · it seems事先shìxiān · in advance随时suíshí · at any time随手suíshǒu · as you go套tào · set通常tōngcháng · regular团tuán · group万一wànyī · just in case

FAQs

所 (suǒ) means “(grammar particle introducing a passive or relative clause)” or “place”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it suǒ: suǒ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 所 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one (grammar particle introducing a passive or relative clause) is 一个所 (yí ge suǒ).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type suo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 所 from the suggestions. Typing suo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
所 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.