有所

有所

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	actually; place; (nominalisation prefix)
simp. and trad. (有所)		有	所
anagram		所有

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒusuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ so²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yû-só
• Min Nan (POJ): iú-só͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǒusuǒ [Phonetic: yóusuǒ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeousuuo
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ so²
    • Yale: yáuh só
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ so²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ so²
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ sɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-só
    • Hakka Romanization System: iu´ so`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu<sup>1</sup> so<sup>3</sup>
    • IPA: /i̯u²⁴ so³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-só
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu´ so`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ so³
    • IPA: /(j)i̯u²⁴ so³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú-só͘
    • Tâi-lô: iú-sóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iwsor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁴¹/

Verb

有所

1. to have (something) to some extent; to be somewhat

   有所不同  ―  yǒusuǒ bùtóng  ―  to be somewhat different

   有所好轉 / 有所好转  ―  yǒusuǒ hǎozhuǎn  ―  to improve somewhat

   有所成就  ―  yǒusuǒ chéngjiù  ―  to have some success

   對某人或某事有所了解 [MSC, trad.]
   对某人或某事有所了解 [MSC, simp.]

   duì mǒurén huò mǒushì yǒusuǒ liǎojiě [Pinyin]

   to know something about someone or something

Usage notes

Typically followed by a disyllabic verb.

Derived terms

有所不知 (yǒusuǒ bùzhī) 有所作為／有所作为

有所顧忌／有所顾忌