所以

Character by character

• 所suǒ8 strokesHSK 2place, location; numerary adjunct
• 以yǐ5 strokesHSK 2by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 所以. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 可以kě yǐHSK 2

  can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good

• 所suǒHSK 3

  actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive

• 以yǐHSK 7

  to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)

• 所有suǒ yǒuHSK 2

  all; to have; to possess; to own

• 以后yǐ hòuHSK 2

  after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future

• 以前yǐ qiánHSK 2

  before; formerly; previous; ago

• 以及yǐ jíHSK 4

  as well as; too; and

• 以为yǐ wéiHSK 2

  to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)

• 以来yǐ láiHSK 3

  since (a previous event)

• 所谓suǒ wèiHSK 7

  so-called; what is called

• 有所yǒu suǒHSK 7

  somewhat; to some extent

• 难以nán yǐHSK 5

  hard to (predict, imagine etc)

• 以下yǐ xiàHSK 2

  that level or lower; that amount or less; the following

• 以上yǐ shàngHSK 2

  that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.

• 所在suǒ zàiHSK 5

  place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located

• 以外yǐ wàiHSK 2

  apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond

• 之所以zhī suǒ yǐHSK 7

  (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"

• 厕所cè suǒHSK 6

  toilet; lavatory

• 无所谓wú suǒ wèiHSK 4

  to be indifferent; not to matter; cannot be said to be

• 以往yǐ wǎngHSK 5

  in the past; formerly

• 事务所shì wù suǒHSK 7

  office; firm

• 足以zú yǐHSK 6

  sufficient to...; so much so that; so that

• 场所chǎng suǒHSK 3

  location; place

• 以便yǐ biànHSK 5

  so that; so as to; in order to