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所谓

suǒ wèi

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 所謂

所谓 (suǒ wèi) means "so-called; what is called". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 所谓 means

1. what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...
2. (derog.) so-called

The characters in 所谓

• 所suǒactually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
• 谓wèito speak; to say; to name

Example sentences

• 我无所谓。
  I don't care.
• 你做什么都无所谓。
  Nǐ zuò shénme dōu wúsuǒwèi.
  It doesn't matter what you do.
• 您选哪个我无所谓。
  Nín xuǎn nǎge wǒ wúsuǒwèi.
  I don't care whichever you choose.
• 我遇见谁都无所谓。
  Wǒ yùjiàn shéi dōu wúsuǒwèi.
  It makes no difference who I meet.
• 她就是所谓的书虫。
  Tā jiù shì suǒwèi de shū chóng.
  She is what we call a bookworm.
• 你做什幺都无所谓。
  It doesn't matter what you do.

Words containing 所谓

• 无所谓wú suǒ wèito be indifferent; not to matter; cannot be said to be
• 不知所谓bù zhī suǒ wèinonsense; nonsensical; incomprehensible

Where 所谓 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Imitation, Vagueness & Pronoun (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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