"so" meaning in Chinese

See so in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /sou̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sou̯²¹/ Chinese transliterations: sou⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sòuh [Cantonese, Yale], sou⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sou⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From clipping of English jetso, from Cantonese 著數/着数 (zoek⁶ sou³). Etymology templates: {{der|yue|en|jetso|jetso}} English jetso, {{sup|6}} ⁶, {{sup|3}} ³, {{der|yue|yue|著數//着数|tr=zoek⁶ sou³}} Cantonese 著數/着数 (zoek⁶ sou³) Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} so
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) bargain; advantageous Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-so-zh-adj-~xMPF~EJ Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /sou̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sou̯²¹/ Chinese transliterations: sou⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sòuh [Cantonese, Yale], sou⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sou⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From clipping of English jetso, from Cantonese 著數/着数 (zoek⁶ sou³). Etymology templates: {{der|yue|en|jetso|jetso}} English jetso, {{sup|6}} ⁶, {{sup|3}} ³, {{der|yue|yue|著數//着数|tr=zoek⁶ sou³}} Cantonese 著數/着数 (zoek⁶ sou³) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} so
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) benefit; advantage; bargain; discount Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-so-zh-noun-98iNQ8N7 Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /sou̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sou̯³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: sou² [Cantonese, Jyutping], sóu [Cantonese, Yale], sou² [Cantonese, Pinyin], sou² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} so
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, in compounds) Alternative form of soc (“society”) Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong, alt-of, alternative, in-compounds Alternative form of: soc (extra: society)
    Sense id: en-so-zh-noun-Q6sNPut3 Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /sou̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sou̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: sou¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sōu [Cantonese, Yale], sou¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sou¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|verb}} so
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to respond; to pay attention to Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Synonyms: show, , , , , ,
    Sense id: en-so-zh-verb-2ONICu8y Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 35 9 7 49 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 34 9 11 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sou²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sou̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sou̯³⁵/"
    }
  ],
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}
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