之所以

Chinese

		's; him/her/it; this	therefore; so; consequently
trad. (之所以)		之	所以
simp. #(之所以)		之	所以

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīsuǒyǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ so² ji⁵
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ze¹ so² in²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīsuǒyǐ [Phonetic: zhīsuóyǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihsuǒyǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-so³-i³
    • Yale: jr̄-swǒ-yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jysuooyii
    • Palladius: чжисои (čžisoi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ so² ji⁵
    • Yale: jī só yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ so² ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ so² yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ sɔː³⁵ jiː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze¹ so² in²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ só íⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ so⁵²⁻³⁵ ĩ⁵²⁻²¹/

Conjunction

之所以

1. the reason why

   你之所以不感興趣，是因為你根本就不了解它。 [MSC, trad.]
   你之所以不感兴趣，是因为你根本就不了解它。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ zhīsuǒyǐ bù gǎn xìngqù, shì yīnwèi nǐ gēnběn jiù bù liǎojiě tā. [Pinyin]

   The reason why you are not interested is because you don't understand it at all.