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suǒ

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suǒ Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
suǒ | suo3
English translation
petty; trifling; troublesome

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About suǒ

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

suǒ

Contains the radical

Wáng

Part of speech

Adjectival morpheme / 形语素 Xíng yǔ sù

Learning hint

jade

Etymology of suǒ

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

Wáng ⺌贝

Semantic compound

Wáng

Phonetic compound

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Example sentences using suǒ

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一天到晚 yī tiān dào wǎn , jǐn zài 簿子 bù zi shǎng 记些 suǒ suǒ xiè xiè de 事情 shìqing .

All day he wrote little facts upon the pad.

这里 zhè lǐ ,我们 wǒmen yāo xián 繁琐 fán suǒ , duō shuì gōu .

At this point we are exposing ourselves to the charge of redundancy.

de 工作 gōngzuò hěn kuài jiù 缩小 suō xiǎo dào zhǐ 剩些烦琐 fán suǒ de 例行公事 lì xíng gōng shì ,干着觉得 juéde hěn 光彩 guāngcǎi .

The job had become reduced quickly to its onerous humiliating routine.

每一件细碎 xì suì 琐事 suǒ shì dōu 充塞 chōng sè zhāo 这般 zhè bān ài hèn 矛盾 máodùn jiāo chán .

Love and hate coexist in every trivial affair.

书中 de 有些 yǒu xiē 论述 lùn shù 肤浅 fū qiǎn 琐碎 suǒ suì 毫无 háowú 说服力 shuō fú lì

Some of the discussion in the book is lightweight and unconvincing.

Words with suǒ

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
猥琐 wěi suǒ vulgar猥瑣
琐事 suǒ shì trifle瑣事
琐碎 suǒ suì trifling瑣碎
繁琐 fán suǒ many and complicated繁瑣
烦琐 fán suǒ tedious煩瑣
suǒ trifling suǒ
琐屑 suǒ xiè trivial matters瑣屑
琐细 suǒ xì trivial瑣細
琐记 suǒ jì miscellaneous notes瑣記
琐闻 suǒ wén news items瑣聞

suǒ Decomposition & Compounds

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