# 所在
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): suǒzài
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): so$^2$ zoi$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): só-chhai
    (Hailu, HRS): so$^ˊ$ cai$^˖$
* Northern Min (KCR): sǒ-cài
* Eastern Min (BUC): sū-*câi
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): só͘-chāi / só͘-chǎi / sé-chāi / sír-chǎi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): so$^2$ zai$^6$ / so$^2$ do$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: suǒzài
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄗㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: suǒzài
*** Wade–Giles: so$^3$-tsai$^4$
*** Yale: swǒ-dzài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suootzay
*** Palladius: соцзай (soczaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: so$^2$ zoi$^6$
*** Yale: só joih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: so$^2$ dzoi$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: so$^2$ zoi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɔː³⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: só-chhai
*** Hakka Romanization System: so$^ˋ$ cai
*** Hagfa Pinyim: so$^3$ cai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /so³¹ t͡sʰai̯⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: so$^ˊ$ cai$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /so²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰai³³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sǒ-cài
*** Sinological IPA : /so²¹ t͡sai⁴²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sū-*câi
*** Sinological IPA : /su³³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɑi²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só͘-chāi
*** Tâi-lô: sóo-tsāi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sofzai
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai²²/
*** IPA (Penang): /sɔ⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ t͡sai²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai³³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Hui'an, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só͘-chǎi
*** Tâi-lô: sóo-tsǎi
*** IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sai³³/
*** IPA (Hui'an): /sɔ⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sai²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sai²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sé-chāi
*** Tâi-lô: sé-tsāi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sefzai
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sai²²/
** (Hokkien: Longyan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sír-chǎi
*** Tâi-lô: sír-tsǎi
*** IPA (Longyan): /sz̩²¹ t͡sai⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: so$^2$ zai$^6$ / so$^2$ do$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: só tsăi / só tŏ
*** Sinological IPA : /so⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sai³⁵/, /so⁵²⁻³⁵ to³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: srjoX dzojH
Rime :
| Character | 所 | 在 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) | 咍 (41) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 踈舉切 | 昨代切 |
| Baxter | srjoX | dzojH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʃɨʌ$^X$/ | /d͡zʌi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʃiɔ$^X$/ | /d͡zəi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʃiɔ$^X$/ | /d͡zɒi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʂɨə̆$^X$/ | /d͡zəj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʃiɔ$^X$/ | /d͡zᴀi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ʃĭo$^X$/ | /d͡zɒi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʂi̯wo$^X$/ | /d͡zʱɑ̆i$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shǔ | zài |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | so$^2$ | zoi$^6$ |

### Noun

所在
* place; location
       Zhè jiùshì wèntí de suǒzài. [Pinyin]
       This is exactly where the problem lies.
    From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
    Bùgǎn bài wèn zūn guān zūn xìng dà míng? Yīn shèn jiànglín zhè xiāng pì suǒzài? [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* whereabouts

#### Synonyms

* (place):
* 位 (wèi) (literary, or in compounds)
* 位置 (wèizhì)
* 去處 / 去处 (qùchù)
* 地位 (dìwèi)
* 地場 / 地场 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 地方
* 地點 / 地点 (dìdiǎn)
* 場地 / 场地 (chǎngdì)
* 場所 / 场所 (chǎngsuǒ)
* 定位 (dìngwèi)
* 所在地 (suǒzàidì)
* 旮旯 (gālá) (dialectal Mandarin)
* 處所 / 处所 (chùsuǒ)
* 部位 (bùwèi)
* 點基 / 点基 (dienn$^3$ ji$^1$) (Xiang)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 地方 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 地兒, 地方 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 地方 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 地方 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 地界兒, 地兒, 地方 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 地方, 地處 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 地方 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 位分 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 地方, 地頭, 塌塌 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 落地, 位子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 地方 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 地方 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pingle | 地方 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 地方 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 地方 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 地方 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 落地, 地方 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 場子, 地方 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 地方, 埞方, 埞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 地方, 埞, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 埞, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 埞, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 埞, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 地 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 埞, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 處, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 處 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 處 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 處所 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jintian) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jiangkou) | 地方, 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Madong) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 埞方 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 埞方, 埞 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 埞 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 地方 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 地方 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 落地 |
| Gan | Pengze | 位置 |
| Gan | Yanshan (Hekou) | 所在 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 地方 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 埞 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 埞 |
| Hakka | Changting | 地方 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 地方 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 地方, 所在 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 壇裡 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 地方, 所在 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 地方, 所在 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 地方, 所在 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 地方, 所在 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 地方, 所在 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 地方, 所在 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 地方 |
| Hakka | Pontianak (Meixian) | 地方 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 地方 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 許在, 許塊 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 地方 |
| Jin | Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) | 地方 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 地方, 所在 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 地方 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 所在 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 所在 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 地方 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 地方, 所在, 位處 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 地方, 位處 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 地方, 塊$_2$ |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 位處, 地方 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 位處 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 地道 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 地方 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 塊$_2$ |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 位場 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 位處 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 地方 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 地方 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 所在 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 所在 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 位處 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 所在, 底仔 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 佇位 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 位處 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 所在 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 地方, 所在 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 所在, 地方 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 所在, 地方 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 所在 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 地方 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 地方 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 位處 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 位處 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 停場 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 場所 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 場所 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 塊$_2$ |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 埞 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Wutong, Lingui) | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Liutang, Lingui) | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Shuangzhou) | 地方 |
| Northern Pinghua | Yangshuo (Jima) | 地方 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 地方, 場化 dated, 戶蕩 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 所在 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 場化 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 所塊 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 地方, 戶蕩 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 地方, 塢探, 塢碎 rare, 塢埰, 塢宕, 塢湯 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 地方 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 地方 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 地方 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 場所, 地方 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 地方 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 地方 |
* (whereabouts):
* 下落 (xiàluò)
* 下項 / 下项 (Hokkien)
* 去向 (qùxiàng)
* 去處 / 去处 (qùchù)
* 所向 (suǒxiàng) (literary)
* 著落 / 着落
* 行止 (xíngzhǐ) (literary)
* 行蹤 / 行踪 (xíngzōng)

#### Derived terms

* 所在地 (suǒzàidì)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 所在(しょざい) (shozai)
* → Korean: 소재(所在) (sojae)
* → Vietnamese: sở tại (所在)

### Further reading

* (Min Nan) “所在”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese

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

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 所在 (MC srjoX dzojH).

### Noun

所(しょ)在(ざい) • (shozai)
* whereabouts, location
** 1907, 寺田寅彦, 話の種:
    蜜蜂(ミツバチ)の巣(す)の所在(しょざい)を人(ひと)に知(し)らせるからこういう名(な)が付(つ)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

* ありか (arika)

#### Derived terms

* 所(しょ)在(ざい)地(ち) (shozaichi)

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 所 | 在 |

### Noun

所在 • (sojae) (hangeul 소재)
* hanja form of 소재 (“location, presence”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 所 | 在 |

### Noun

所在
* chữ Hán form of sở tại (“region, area”).