Chinese words starting with “suo”
14 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable suo. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 4 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial s · final uo · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 5
- 3rd tone 9
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 所以suǒ yǐHSK 2
therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- 所有suǒ yǒuHSK 2
all; to have; to possess; to own
- 所谓suǒ wèiHSK 7
so-called; what is called
- 所长suǒ chángHSK 3
what one is good at
All 14 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 所 | suǒ | u,q,n | actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive | |
| 2 | 所在 | suǒ zài | n,v | place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located | |
| 3 | 锁 | suǒ | v,n | to lock; to lock up; a lock | |
| 4 | 缩小 | suō xiǎo | v,vn | to reduce; to decrease; to shrink | |
| 5 | 锁定 | suǒ dìng | v | to lock (a door); to close with a latch; to lock into place; a lock; a latch; to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten); to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection); to focus attention on; to target | |
| 6 | 缩 | suō | v | to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce; abbreviation; also pr. [sù] | |
| 7 | 缩短 | suō duǎn | v | to curtail; to cut down | |
| 8 | 所属 | suǒ shǔ | n,v,vn | one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with); subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself); belonging to; affiliated; under one's command | |
| 9 | 所作所为 | suǒ zuò suǒ wéi | l | one's conduct and deeds | |
| 10 | 索赔 | suǒ péi | v,vn | to ask for compensation; to claim damages; claim for damages | |
| 11 | 索取 | suǒ qǔ | v,vn | to ask; to demand | |
| 12 | 缩水 | suō shuǐ | v | to shrink (in the wash); fig. to shrink (of profits etc) | |
| 13 | 索性 | suǒ xìng | d | you might as well (do it); simply; just | |
| 14 | 缩影 | suō yǐng | n | miniature version of sth; microcosm; epitome; (Tw) to microfilm |
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