所 suǒ in a sentence
Place (actually - mw for buildings - what - [preceding a verb])
所 (suǒ) means Place (actually - mw for buildings - what - [preceding a verb]). Below are 24 of the 52 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他在一 所 中学教书。
Tā zài yì suǒ zhōngxué jiāo shū.
He teaches at a secondary school.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 所
所 有人一律平等。
Suǒyǒu rén yílǜ píngděng.
Everyone is equal without exception.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 一律
我申请了那 所 大学。
Wǒ shēnqǐng le nà suǒ dàxué.
I applied to that university.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 申请
所 有的学生都来了。
Suǒyǒu de xuésheng dōu lái le.
All the students have come.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 所有
所 有人员都到齐了。
Suǒyǒu rényuán dōu dào qí le.
All the personnel have arrived.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 人员
他对这件事无 所 谓。
Tā duì zhè jiàn shì wúsuǒwèi.
He is indifferent about this.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 无所谓
这是一 所 综合大学。
Zhè shì yì suǒ zōnghé dàxué.
This is a comprehensive university.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 综合
公共场 所 禁止吸烟。
Gōnggòng chǎngsuǒ jìnzhǐ xīyān.
Smoking is forbidden in public places.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 场所
他的话感动了 所 有人。
Tā de huà gǎndòng le suǒyǒu rén.
His words moved everyone.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 感动
他被这 所 大学录取了。
Tā bèi zhè suǒ dàxué lùqǔ le.
He was admitted by this university.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 录取
招待 所 就在学校旁边。
Zhāodàisuǒ jiù zài xuéxiào pángbiān.
The guest house is right beside the school.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 招待
不要迷信 所 谓的专家。
Bú yào míxìn suǒwèi de zhuānjiā.
Do not blindly trust so-called experts.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 迷信
他谢绝了 所 有的邀请。
Tā xièjué le suǒyǒu de yāoqǐng.
He politely declined all the invitations.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 谢绝
今天很忙， 所 以我很累。
Jīntiān hěn máng, suǒyǐ wǒ hěn lèi.
Today was busy, so I'm tired.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 所以
这层楼的厕 所 正在打扫。
Zhè céng lóu de cèsuǒ zhèngzài dǎsǎo.
The toilet on this floor is being cleaned.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 厕所
他的成绩超过了 所 有人。
Tā de chéngjì chāoguò le suǒyǒu rén.
His results surpassed everyone else.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 超过
这 所 学校的管理很严格。
Zhè suǒ xuéxiào de guǎnlǐ hěn yángé.
This school is strictly run.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 管理
他的笑声传染了 所 有人。
Tā de xiào shēng chuánrǎn le suǒyǒu rén.
His laughter was contagious to everyone.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 传染
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From the graded readers
我小时候上的那 所 小学已经不在了。
wǒ xiǎoshíhou shàng de / dì nà / nèi suǒ xiǎoxué yǐjīng bùzài le / liǎo / liào.
The primary school I went to as a child was gone.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
现在几乎没有人写信了， 所 以我很吃惊。
xiànzài jīhū méiyǒu rén xiěxìn le / liǎo / liào, suǒyǐ wǒ hěn chījīng.
Almost nobody writes letters now, so I was surprised.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
三年前，我做了一个让 所 有人都反对的决定。
sānnián qián, wǒ zuòle yīgè ràng suǒyǒu rén dōu fǎnduì de / dì juédìng.
Three years ago I made a decision everybody was against.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Changing Jobs
所 appears in 52 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 所
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 所
How is 所 used in a sentence?
This page shows 52 sentences using 所 (suǒ, "Place (actually - mw for buildings - what - [preceding a verb])"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 所 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 所 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 所 an HSK word?
Yes — 所 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 所?
The dictionary page for 所 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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