suǒ zài
place; location; where
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无处 (wú chù)
nowhere
不在 (bù zài)
not in
The Chinese character 所在 (suǒzài) is composed of two characters: 所 (suǒ) and 在 (zài). The character 所 (suǒ) originally meant "place" or "location", and it is often used in modern Chinese to indicate a specific place or location. The character 在 (zài) originally meant "to be" or "to exist", and it is often used in modern Chinese to indicate the state or condition of something. When these two characters are combined, the resulting compound character 所在 (suǒzài) takes on the meaning of "location" or "place where something is". For example, the phrase 工作所在 (gōngzuò suǒzài) means "workplace" or "place of work", and the phrase 学校所在 (xuéxiào suǒzài) means "school location" or "place of school".
