所
以

Therefore in Chinese: 所以 (suǒ yǐ)

suǒ yǐ

therefore

HSK 22 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1therefore
  2. 2as a result
  3. 3so
  4. 4the reason why

Stroke order

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ㄙㄨㄛˇ

suǒ

ㄙ/ sㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˇ/ third tone

ㄧˇ

yǐ

ㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 我很累所以早睡了。

    wǒ hěn lèi suǒ yǐ zǎo shuì le。

    I was very tired, so I went to bed early.

  • 所以他没有去学校。

    suǒ yǐ tā méi yǒu qù xué xiào。

    So he didn't go to school.

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Related words

以

yǐ

to use

所

suǒ

actually

可以

kě yǐ

can

以后

yǐ hòu

after

以前

yǐ qián

before

以为

yǐ wéi

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.)

所有

suǒ yǒu

all

厕所

cè suǒ

toilet

所谓

suǒ wèi

so-called

以及

yǐ jí

as well as

以来

yǐ lái

since (a previous event)

以上

yǐ shàng

that level or higher

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