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所在

suǒ zài

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

所在 (suǒ zài) means "place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 所在 means

1. place
2. location
3. (after a noun) place where it is located

The characters in 所在

• 所suǒactually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…

Example sentences

• 厕所在哪？
  Where's the bog?
• 厕所在哪里？
  Where's the restroom?
• 厕所在哪里呀？
  Where's the toilet?
• 男厕所在二楼。
  The men's room is on the second floor.
• 女厕所在三楼。
  The ladies' room is on the third floor.
• 这就是抉择所在。
  Zhè jiù shì juézé suǒzài.
  This is the dilemma.

Words starting with 所在

• 所在地suǒ zài dìlocation; site

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