所[suǒ]

名

1. place

♦ 住所

2. office; bureau; institute

♦ 派出所

量(for houses, schools, hospitals, etc.)

♦ 一~房子 a house

♦ 两~学校 two schools

♦ 这~医院 this hospital

助

1. 书 (used before a verb to form a noun construction) what, that which, those whom, etc. noun or pronoun＋所＋verb  (used with的 to modify a noun)

♦ 我~认识的人 the people I know

♦ 大家~提的意见 the opinions various people put forward  (used with 的 as a noun): 他~说的未必确实。 What he says is not necessarily true.

♦ 我~知道的就这些。 That's all I know.  (used as a noun without 的, esp. when the verb is monosyllabic): 尽我~能 do all I can

♦ 据你~说 from what you say

2. 所＋verb  (used with 的 to modify a noun)

♦ ~用的方法 the methods which are used

♦ ~需的费用 the necessary expenses  (used with 的 as a noun): ~需的并不多。 What is needed is not much.

♦ ~考虑的正是这一点。 That's just what we have under consideration.  (used as a noun without的, esp. in set phrases in which the verb is monosyllabic): ~见~闻 what one has seen and heard

♦ 各尽~能 from each according to his ability

3. 为 or 被＋ noun or pronoun ＋所＋ verb (expressing a passive meaning)

♦ 为人~笑 be laughed at by other people

♦ 被表面现象~迷惑 be misled by outward appearances

4. 所＋ verb (used as the object of 有 or 无)  as the object of 有

♦ 有~创造 create something or other

♦ 有~准备 be prepared in some way or other  as the object of 无, esp. in set phrases: 无~准备 need do nothing in preparation for it

♦ 无~用心 not give serious thought to anything