所在

Chinese

actually; place; (nominalisation 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)
所 在

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 所 在
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial (聲) 生 (21) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 魚 (22) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 踈舉切 昨代切
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

所在

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

Synonyms

  • (place):
  • (whereabouts):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (所在):

Further reading

Japanese

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

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 所在 (MC ʃɨʌX d͡zʌiH).

Noun

所(しょ)在(ざい) • (shozai) 

  1. whereabouts, location
    • 1907, 寺田寅彦, 話の種:
      蜜蜂(ミツバチ)の巣(す)の所在(しょざい)を人(ひと)に知(し)らせるからこういう名(な)が付(つ)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

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja in this term
所在

Noun

所在 • (sojae) (hangeul 소재)

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

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
所在

Noun

所在

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