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所谓

suǒ wèi · suo wei

Traditional 所謂

HSK 7–9Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. so-called
  2. what is called
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The so-called food blogger

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)那个(nàge)人(rén)，拍(pāi)了(le)二十(èrshí)分钟(fēnzhōng)咖啡(kāfēi)，还(hái)没(méi)喝(hē)一口(yīkǒu)。

    Look at that guy. He has photographed his coffee for twenty minutes and hasn't had one sip.

  2. Dengdeng

    他(tā)就是(jiùshì)所谓(suǒwèi)的(de)美食(měishí)博主(bózhǔ)吧(ba)。

    He is what they call a food blogger, I guess.

  3. Liangliang

    所谓(suǒwèi)美食(měishí)博主(bózhǔ)，就是(jiùshì)先(xiān)拍(pāi)后(hòu)吃(chī)吗(ma)？

    So a so-called food blogger means photograph first, eat later?

  4. Dengdeng

    对(duì)，所以(suǒyǐ)他(tā)的(de)咖啡(kāfēi)早就(zǎojiù)凉(liáng)了(le)。

    Right, so his coffee went cold long ago.

  5. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)的(de)也(yě)凉(liáng)了(le)，因为(yīnwèi)我(wǒ)一直(yīzhí)在(zài)看(kàn)他(tā)。

    Mine is cold too, because I've been watching him the whole time.

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2 examples
01

她(tā)就(jiù)是(shì)所(suǒ)谓(wèi)的(de)书(shū)虫(chóng)。

She is what we call a bookworm.

Tatoeba: Chinese by McMeao · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

所(suǒ)谓(wèi)专(zhuān)家(jiā)，也(yě)不(bú)过(guò)是(shì)经(jīng)验(yàn)多(duō)一(yì)些(xiē)的(de)人(rén)。

A so-called expert is just someone with a bit more experience.

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