处

The character "处" has 5 strokes. "处" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "处" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "处" are "chǔ" "chù" . View the stroke order of "处">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "处"

v.: dwell; live; reside; inhabit; be situated/located in; be in a certain condition; get along (with sb); manage; deal/cope with; handle; punish; sentence

n.: place; part or aspect of sth being considered; department; section; division; office

• dwell : v.居住；生活；老是想着；详述；详写；停留在；凝视
• live : v.活着；在…定居；和…一起居住；活；生活在；过活；过着…的生活；靠…维持最低生活；以…为生；留存
• reside : v.居住；位；归；属；存在
• inhabit : v.居住于；栖息于
• manage : v.管理；经营；设法继续生存；对付过去；处理；应付；主管；掌管；承受；当（运动队或演出者）的经理人
• handle : v.触；摸；拿；移动；搬动；操弄；处理；处置；加工；以手（或前臂）触
• punish : v.处罚；惩罚；利用；粗暴地对待；使遭受严重打击
• sentence : n.句子；判决；徒刑；命题
• place : n.地点；地方；座位；位子；排名；名次；广场；短街；处；地位
• department : n.部；处；司；系；专责；省；专长；特定方面
• section : n.部分；派别；部门；处；科；股；横切；截面；断面；剖面
• division : n.分；分开；分隔；分歧；争论；除；部分；分界；区分
• office : n.办公室；官职；公职；好事；每日的祈祷；任务；作用；祈祷；储藏室；办事处

Form words with "处"

避风处 shelter from the wind

收款处 cashier's (desk)

开票处 cheque desk

幽会处 trysting place

配药处 dispensary

钓鱼处 angling place

出院处 discharge office

领事处 consular section/office

订货处 order desk; bespoke department

潜藏处 hiding place

购票处 ticket office

挂记处 registry; registration office

书刊租赁处 lending library

邮件分拣处 sorting office

绕开浅水处 steer round the shoals

失物招领处 Lost-Property (office); Lost-and-Found (office);lost property office; lost-and-found (office)

自助洗车处 washeteria

婚姻登记处 marriage registration administrative office

在下风处 be on the leeward (of)

入口检查处 check-in counter

Example phrases using "处"

• 草药要存放在干燥处，以免回潮。

  Keep the medicinal herbs in an arid place, or it will get damp.

• 两年后，他的遗体被移葬他处。

  Two years later his body was reinterred.

• 在一段平坦的河床处水流迟滞。

  The river flows sluggishly on the flat bottom.

• 把这些物品搁放在阴凉干燥处。

  Place these goods in a cool and dry place out of the light.

• 他把针头线脑扔得到处都是。

  He’s littered odds and ends all over the place.

• 说到伤心处，她泣不成声。

  When she got to the saddest part of the story, she choked with sobs.

• 我就拉拉杂杂谈这些，不对之处请指正。

  I’d stop rambling, and my speech is open to criticism.

• 汽车在弯路处放慢了速度。

  The car slowed down to go around the curves of the road.

• 尽量别去搔蚊子叮咬处。

  Try not to scratch those mosquito bites.

• 运动员请到检录处检录。

  Contestants please come to the assembly area for roll-call.