处 chù, chǔ — place; spot; office; department
处
Level 1 · Common HSK 3 #294
Traditional:
處
chù chu4
chǔ chu3
Detailed explanation
verb
- (会意。从几，从夂，或从处，虍( hū)声。“处”即“處”的古字，于六书为会意。金文加声旁“虍( hù)”变成了形声字。本义:中止;停止)
- stop
- dwell e.g 穴居野处处处 处妇 · 处势 · 处逸 · 处安思危
- withdraw from society and live in solitude e.g 处人 · 处家
- punish e.g 处制 · 处斩
- manage e.g 处方 处制 · 处断
- judge e.g 处正 · 处变
- take charge of;preside over e.g 处位 · 处势 · 处馆 · 处实
- treat e.g 处待 · 处物
- get along;have social intercourses with e.g 处不来 · 处常 · 处交
adjective
- steady
Related words
- 处理 to handle; to deal with
- 处于 be (in some state, position, or condition)
- 到处 everywhere; all over; anywhere
- 好处 benefit/advantage
- 处罚 to punish; penalty
- 查处 to investigate and take care of
- 处在 to be in; to be at; to find oneself in (a state/position)
- 处分 to discipline sb/to punish/disciplinary action/to deal with (a matter)
- 深处 deep place; depths; recesses
- 处置 to handle/to take care of/to punish
- 处处 everywhere/in all respects
- 处长 division chief; director of a department/division
- 地处 to be located in; to be situated in
- 远处 a distant place
- 办事处 an office; an agency
- 判处 to sentence/to condemn
- 四处 all over the place/everywhere and all directions
- 相处 to get along; to live together
- 处境 situation; plight
- 各处 everywhere; in all places