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处
處
chù
1. place
2. location
3. spot
4. point
5. office
6. department
7. bureau
8. respect
9. classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point
Very Common • Top 0%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

处
chù
to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department
HSK 4 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

并处
bìngchǔ
to impose an additional penalty
住处
zhùchù
residence
何处
héchù
whence
共处
gòngchǔ
to coexist
出处
chūchù
source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion)
判处
pànchǔ
to sentence
别处
biéchù
elsewhere
到处
dàochù
everywhere
HSK 4
区处
qūchǔ
to handle
原处
yuánchù
original spot
去处
qùchù
place
各处
gèchù
every place
周处
ZhōuChǔ
Zhou Chu (236-297), Jin dynasty general
四处
sìchù
all over the place
地处
dìchǔ
to be located at
坏处
huàichu
harm
好处
hǎochu
benefit
HSK 4
妙处
miàochù
ideal place
害处
hàichu
damage
宿处
sùchù
lodging house

Alternate Entries

处
chǔ
to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
205
Word Frequency Rank
254 of 84,292

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