"之所以" meaning in Chinese

See 之所以 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siː⁵⁵ sɔː³⁵ jiː¹³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ so⁵²⁻³⁵ ĩ⁵²⁻²¹/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|conjunction}} 之所以
  1. the reason why
    Sense id: en-之所以-zh-conj-j4~wf5J5 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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      "zh_pron": "ㄓ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh_pron": "zi¹ so² ji⁵"
    },
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ze¹ so² in²"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh_pron": "zhīsuǒyǐ [Phonetic: zhīsuóyǐ"
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        "Bopomofo"
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      "zh_pron": "ㄓ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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      "zh_pron": "jhihsuǒyǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chih¹-so³-i³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jr̄-swǒ-yǐ"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "jysuooyii"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжисои"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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        "Standard-Chinese",
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Hong Kong"
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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      "zh_pron": "jī só yíh"
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "ze¹ so² in²"
    },
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsṳ só íⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ so⁵²⁻³⁵ ĩ⁵²⁻²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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      "zh_pron": "ㄓ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇ"
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        "Jyutping"
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      "zh_pron": "zi¹ so² ji⁵"
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh_pron": "ㄓ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄧˇ"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
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    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jr̄-swǒ-yǐ"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
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    {
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        "Mandarin",
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        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чжисои"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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        "Standard-Chinese",
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        "Guangzhou",
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      "zh_pron": "zi¹ so² ji⁵"
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
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      "zh_pron": "jī só yíh"
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
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        "Cantonese",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh_pron": "dzi¹ so² ji⁵"
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      "zh_pron": "ji¹ so² yi⁵"
    },
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        "Peng'im"
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      "zh_pron": "ze¹ so² in²"
    },
    {
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsṳ só íⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ so⁵²⁻³⁵ ĩ⁵²⁻²¹/",
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