Chinese word dictionary

之所以

zhīsuǒyǐ · (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"

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Word information

Simplified之所以

Traditional之所以

Pinyinzhīsuǒyǐ

Part of speech连

HSK 3.06

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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之zhī

marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to

所suǒ

place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause

以yǐ

according to; so as to; because of; then

How to learn 之所以

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可以kěyǐ

can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good

所suǒ

actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive

之zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it

所以suǒyǐ

therefore; as a result; so; the reason why

以后yǐhòu

after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future

以前yǐqián

before; formerly; previous; ago