所谓 meaning in English

suǒwèi

what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 所謂19 strokes

Meaning of 所谓

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

suǒwèi
  1. what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...
  2. (derog.) so-called

所谓 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

林lín肯kěn总zǒng统tǒng就jiù是shì我wǒ们men所suǒ谓wèi白bái手shǒu起qǐ家jiā的de男nán人rén。
President Lincoln was what we call a self-made man.
我wǒ是shì个gè所suǒ谓wèi的de局jú外wài人rén。
I was an outsider, so to speak.
他tā就jiù是shì所suǒ谓wèi的de活huó字zì典diǎn。
He is what we call a walking dictionary.
看kàn来lái这zhè些xiē所suǒ谓wèi的de画huà家jiā啥shá也yě不bú会huì画huà。
Looks like these so-called painters can't paint anything.
我wǒ遇yù见jiàn谁shéi都dōu无wú所suǒ谓wèi。
It makes no difference who I meet.

Stroke order for each character

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所 suǒ · actually · 8 strokes

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谓 wèi · to call · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 所谓.

所以suǒyǐtherefore; as a result
所有suǒyǒuall; to have; to possess; to own
场所chǎngsuǒlocation; place
所长suǒzhǎngwhat one is good at; one's strong point
无所谓wúsuǒwèito be indifferent; not to matter
所在suǒzàiplace; location
研究所yánjiūsuǒresearch institute; graduate studies
厕所cèsuǒtoilet; lavatory
有所yǒusuǒsomewhat; to some extent
之所以zhīsuǒyǐ(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3
一无所知yīwúsuǒzhī(idiom) not knowing anything at all; completely ignorant
诊所zhěnsuǒclinic

Questions about 所谓

What does 所谓 mean?

所谓 (suǒwèi) means "what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 所谓?

所谓 is made of 2 characters: 所 (8 strokes), 谓 (11 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 所谓 an HSK word?

Yes. 所谓 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 所谓 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 所谓 is written 所謂.