之所以

zhīsuǒyǐ
conjunction HSK 7 #3,610

Meanings

  1. 1 the reason why
  2. 2 the reason that

Examples

Tā zhīsuǒyǐ chénggōng, shì yīnwèi tā cóng bù fàngqì.
The reason he succeeded is that he never gave up.
Wǒ zhīsuǒyǐ chídào, shì yīnwèi lùshàng dǔchē le.
The reason I was late is that there was a traffic jam.

Tips

grammar
之所以...是因为... is a fixed pattern meaning 'the reason ... is because ...'. 之所以 introduces the result, 是因为 introduces the cause. The cause-effect order is reversed compared to 因为...所以...

Stroke Order

zhī
suǒ