HSK 3 · Quantity & Measure

所

suǒ

place; (measure word for buildings)

Stroke order of 所

所 is written with 8 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A door 户 with an axe 斤 beside it: the place where a door is guarded.

Parts: 户 door + 斤 axe

Example sentence

这所学校很大。

This school is very big.

Words with 所

所有all 所以so; therefore 所长head of an institute 场所place; venue

More words: Quantity & Measure

数量quantity; amount 比例proportion; ratio 程度degree; level 范围range; scope 面积area 将近nearly; almost 大约approximately; about 左右about; left and right 至少at least 足够enough 整整whole; fully 顿(measure word for meals); pause 束bunch; bundle 架frame; (measure word for planes)支(measure word for pens); to support

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