Chinese edit

actually; place; (nominalization prefix)
 
(located) at; in; exist
(located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
simp. and trad.
(所在)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (21) (15)
Final () (22) (41)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter srjoX dzojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʃɨʌX/ /d͡zʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʃiɔX/ /d͡zəiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʃiɔX/ /d͡zɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʂɨə̆X/ /d͡zəjH/
Li
Rong
/ʃiɔX/ /d͡zᴀiH/
Wang
Li
/ʃĭoX/ /d͡zɒiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʂi̯woX/ /d͡zʱɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shǔ zài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
so2 zoi6

Noun edit

所在

  1. place; location
    就是問題所在 [MSC, trad.]
    就是问题所在 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè jiùshì wèntí de suǒzài. [Pinyin]
    This is exactly where the problem lies.
  2. whereabouts

Synonyms edit

  • (place):
  • (whereabouts):

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (所在):

Further reading edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
しょ
Grade: 3
ざい
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 所在 (MC srjoX dzojH).

Noun edit

(しょ)(ざい) (shozai

  1. whereabouts, location
    • 1907, 寺田寅彦, 話の種:
      蜜蜂(ミツバチ)()所在(しょざい)(ひと)()らせるからこういう()()いているのだそうな。
      Mitsubachi no su no shozai o hito ni shiraseru kara kō iu na ga tsuite iru no dasō na.
      Its name comes from the fact that it shows people the location of the beehive.

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

所在 (sojae) (hangeul 소재)

  1. Hanja form? of 소재 (location, presence).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun edit

所在

  1. chữ Hán form of sở tại (region, area).