所在

Mandarin · pinyin suǒ zài

Meanings

  1. place
  2. location
  3. (after a noun) place where it is located
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所
suǒ · place, location; numerary adjunct
在
zài · be at, in, on; consist in, rest
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3–4 · suo3 zai4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

so2 zoi6

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noun

  1. place; location
  2. whereabouts

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