How to pronounce suo yi (所以) in Chinese
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所以
suǒ yǐ
Characters & meanings
actually; place
old variant of 以
Common mistake
Written 3-3, spoken 2-3: suǒ rises before yǐ. The s is dental — no tongue curl — unlike shuǒ-type syllables.
Tone change in this word
Third-tone sandhi: suǒ + yǐ is pronounced suó yǐ — the first syllable becomes rising.
Example sentence
我累了，所以想睡觉。
Wǒ lèi le, suǒyǐ xiǎng shuìjiào.
I'm tired, so I want to sleep.
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