Chinese symbol for “somewhat”
有所
yǒu suǒ
somewhat; to some extent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for somewhat is 有所 (yǒu suǒ), defined as: somewhat; to some extent.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “somewhat”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 稍 | shāo | somewhat; a little |
| 三分 | sān fēn | somewhat; to some degree |
| 几分 (幾分) | jǐ fēn | somewhat; a bit |
| 稍稍 | shāo shāo | somewhat; a little |
| 有些 | yǒu xiē | some; somewhat; rather; a bit |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 有所.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 没有 (沒有) | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all; to have; to possess; to own |
| 还有 (還有) | hái yǒu | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition |
| 只有 | zhǐ yǒu | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng gu |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people |
| 有关 (有關) | yǒu guān | to have sth to do with; to relate to |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore; as a result |
| 所谓 (所謂) | suǒ wèi | what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called |
See also: Japanese symbol for “somewhat”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.