Clause reason 所以 result preceded suǒyǐ conjunction introducing

Simplified	所以
Traditional	所以
Pinyin	suǒyǐ
English	conjunction 1 [introducing a clause of result, preceded by a clause of reason or cause with or without an introductory 因为 or 由于] as a result; so; therefore 2 [between the subject and the predicate of a clause of result, followed by a clause of reason or cause introduced by 是因为 or 是由于] the reason why 3 [in the pattern 是…所以…的原因, preceded by a clause of reason or cause] that's why 4 colloquial that's just the reason; that's just the point noun literary [in certain set phrases as the object of the verb, to refer to sth. indefinite but understood]

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