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所以

suǒ yǐ

HSK 2 2-character word

What 所以 means

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

The characters in 所以

• 所suǒactually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to

Example sentences

• 所以？
  And so?
• 我很累所以早睡了。
  I was very tired, so I went to bed early.
• 所以他没有去学校。
  So he didn't go to school.
• 所以，哪里有问题？
  So, where's the problem?
• 所以我才会一直输。
  That’s why I keep losing.
• 我累了，所以我没去。
  I was tired, so I didn't go.

Words starting with 所以

• 所以然suǒ yǐ ránthe reason why

Words containing 所以

• 之所以zhī suǒ yǐ(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以讨厌他
• 忘乎所以wàng hū suǒ yǐ(idiom) to get carried away; to lose one's sense of proportion
• 不知所以bù zhī suǒ yǐ(idiom) to not know the reason; (idiom) to not know what to do
• 知其然而不知其所以然zhī qí rán ér bù zhī qí suǒ yǐ rán(saying) to know that it is so but not why it is so
• 忘其所以wàng qí suǒ yǐsee 忘乎所以