VocabularyHSK 3 · core

所以

suǒyǐ

so, therefore

Part of speech · conjunction

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Examples

  1. 下雨了,所以我没去。
    It rained, so I didn't go.
  2. 所以呢?
    So what?

Collocations

所以呢所以说因为...所以

Mnemonic

所以 suǒyǐ "so, therefore" — partner of 因为. Standalone 所以呢? "So what? / What\'s your point?" — confrontational.

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  1. Tone of 所以呢?

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