处士 chǔshì reclusive scholar Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 处 處 chǔ staying at home (literary) Staying at home; (of a woman) to be unmarried; (of a scholar) to live in retirement and not take office.士 shì noun scholar (bound form) scholar; intellectual; member of the educated class in ancient China, as in the phrase 士农工商 shìnónggōngshāng