处
chùchǔ HSK2

place

处 處 chù frequency
place locativenoun
(bound form) A place, location, or spot.

他们没有任何共同之处，他为她感到难过。

tā​men méi​yǒu rèn​hé gòng​tóng zhī chù, tā wèi tā gǎn dào nán​guò.

They had nothing in common, and he felt sorry for her.

point noun
(bound form) A point, part, or aspect of something, such as a strength or weakness.

你们毫无共同之处。

nǐ​men háo​wú gòng​tóng zhī chù.

You have nothing in common.

神秘之处在于塔的目的。

shén​mì zhī chù zài​yú tǎ de mù​dì.

The mystery lies in the tower’s purpose.

[location] measure word
Classifier for locations, spots, or injuries.

两处伤口在流血。

liǎng chù shāng​kǒu zài liú xuè.

Both wounds were bleeding.

书中有几处小错误。

shū zhōng yǒu jǐ chù xiǎo cuò​wù.

There are a few minor errors in the book.

office noun
(bound form) An office, department, bureau, or administrative unit.

离这里最近的失物招领处在哪里？

lí zhè​lǐ zuì​jìn de shī​wù​zhāo​lǐng chù zài nǎ​li?

Where is the nearest lost and found?

处 處 chǔ
to be situated verb
To be in a certain place, condition, or situation.

答案与日本所处的位置有关。

dá'àn yǔ rì​běn suǒ chǔ de wèi​zhi yǒu​guān.

The answer has to do with Japan's location.

我们不能待在我们所处的位置。

wǒ​men bù​néng dāi zài wǒ​men suǒ chǔ de wèi​zhi.

We cannot stay where we are.

to deal with verb
To handle, manage, or deal with a matter; to process a situation.
to get along verb
To get along with someone; to coexist or spend time together.

我跟他处得很好。

wǒ gēn tā chǔ de hěn hǎo.

I get along well with him.

to reside verbnoun
(literary) To live, dwell, or reside in a place.
punish nounverb
To discipline, punish, or sentence someone.
surname
A Chinese surname.
staying at home
(literary) Staying at home; (of a woman) to be unmarried; (of a scholar) to live in retirement and not take office.

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Frequency
Character
Written text
206th most common 1003.8 per million
Movie subtitles
272nd most common 613.6 per million appears in 93% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
166.3 per million appears in 47% of films
Written text
269.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Traditional
處
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+5904

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)