chù chǔ chu

place; location; spot

Character data

Radical ⾌ (141.5)
Strokes 11
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

處 chù
  1. 1. place
  2. 2. location
  3. 3. spot
  4. 4. point
  5. 5. office
  6. 6. department
  7. 7. bureau
  8. 8. respect
  9. 9. classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point
處 chǔ
  1. 1. to deal with
  2. 2. to get along with
  3. 3. to be in
  4. 4. to be situated at
  5. 5. to stay
  6. 6. to live
  7. 7. to reside
  8. 8. to dwell
  9. 9. to be in a position of
  10. 10. to discipline
  11. 11. to punish

Words containing 處

Word Meaning
secret place
secretariat
joint
beneficial
as yet unprocessed
this place; here
somewhere
to investigate and handle (a criminal case)
nuclear fuel reprocessing
to handle correctly
Mao essay on conflicts among the people
this place; here (literary)
everywhere; anywhere
water treatment
water treatment plant
to handle the situation calmly (idiom); unruffled
Marine Department (Hong Kong)
depths; deepest or most distant part; abyss
everywhere; all over the place
learn from everything, always, everywhere
nowhere
to be everywhere
cannot be found anywhere (idiom)
nowhere to hide
wherever; anywhere