zhī suǒ yǐ
之所以 (zhī suǒ yǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"”.
Meanings
- 1(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P
- 2Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
- Part of speech
- conjunction
Characters in 之所以
Related words
可以can所以therefore所有all所actually以为to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before以to use以abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]以old variant of 以[yi3]以old variant of 以[yi3]以前before