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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 所以

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
所以 suǒ yǐ - therefore
- as a result
- so
- the reason why

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
2 2 118 198 206

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
suǒ- actually
- place
- classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
- that which
- particle introducing a relative clause or passive
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- to use
- by means of
- according to
- in order to
- because of
- at (a certain date or place)
- old variant of 以[yi3]
- old variant of 以[yi3]

Other Words Containing 所以

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
所以 2 2 118 198 206
之所以 - 7 3,610 2,904 3,985
忘乎所以 - - 32,436 47,391 35,145
所以然 - - 39,655 42,683 38,061