所在

Chinese

actually; place; (nominalization prefix)
(located) at; in; exist
(located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
 
simp. and trad.
(所在)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (21) (15)
Final () (22) (41)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter srjoX dzojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʃɨʌX/ /d͡zʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʃiɔX/ /d͡zəiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʃiɔX/ /d͡zɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʂɨə̆X/ /d͡zəjH/
Li
Rong
/ʃiɔX/ /d͡zᴀiH/
Wang
Li
/ʃĭoX/ /d͡zɒiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʂi̯woX/ /d͡zʱɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shǔ zài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
so2 zoi6

Noun

所在

  1. place; location
    就是問題所在 [MSC, trad.]
    就是问题所在 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè jiùshì wèntí de suǒzài. [Pinyin]
    This is exactly where the problem lies.
  2. whereabouts

Synonyms

  • (place):
  • (whereabouts):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (所在):
  • Japanese: 所在(しょざい) (shozai)
  • Korean: 소재(所在) (sojae)
  • Vietnamese: sở tại (所在)

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょ
Grade: 3
ざい
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 所在 (MC srjoX dzojH).

Noun

(しょ)(ざい) • (shozai

  1. whereabouts, location
    • 1907, 寺田寅彦, 話の種:
      蜜蜂(ミツバチ)()所在(しょざい)(ひと)()らせるからこういう()()いているのだそうな。
      Mitsubachi no su no shozai o hito ni shiraseru kara kō iu na ga tsuite iru no dasō na.
      Its name comes from the fact that it shows people the location of the beehive.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

(しょ)(ざい)する • (shozai suruintransitive suru (stem (しょ)(ざい) (shozai shi), past (しょ)(ざい)した (shozai shita))

  1. be located

Conjugation

Conjugation of "所在する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 所在し しょざいし shozai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 所在し しょざいし shozai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 所在する しょざいする shozai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 所在する しょざいする shozai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 所在すれ しょざいすれ shozai sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 所在せよ¹
所在しろ²
しょざいせよ¹
しょざいしろ²
shozai seyo¹
shozai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 所在される しょざいされる shozai sareru
Causative 所在させる
所在さす
しょざいさせる
しょざいさす
shozai saseru
shozai sasu
Potential 所在できる しょざいできる shozai dekiru
Volitional 所在しよう しょざいしよう shozai shiyō
Negative 所在しない しょざいしない shozai shinai
Negative continuative 所在せず しょざいせず shozai sezu
Formal 所在します しょざいします shozai shimasu
Perfective 所在した しょざいした shozai shita
Conjunctive 所在して しょざいして shozai shite
Hypothetical conditional 所在すれば しょざいすれば shozai sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

所在 • (sojae) (hangeul 소재)

  1. hanja form? of 소재 (location, presence)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

所在

  1. chữ Hán form of sở tại (region, area)