处 · chǔ / chù · to reside
Learn the Chinese character 处 with its source-linked HSK 3 status, pronunciation, one concise learning meaning, stroke order, real HSK words, and published learning contexts.
Writing guide
How to use the writing tool
- 1. WatchSee the stroke order for 处.
- 2. TraceFollow the guided strokes to build the movement.
- 3. WriteWrite from memory and receive feedback.
HSK vocabulary
Words with 处
Source-linked HSK vocabulary records that contain 处.
Linked HSK vocabulary
- 到处dàochùeverywhere
- 好处hǎochùeasy to get along with
- 坏处huàichùharm
- 长处chángchùgood aspects
- 处chǔto reside
- 处理chǔlǐto handle
- 处于chǔyúto be in (some state, position, or condition)
- 处chùto reside
- 短处duǎnchùshortcoming
- 四处sìchùall over the place
- 相处xiāngchǔto be in contact (with sb)
- 处罚chǔfáto penalize
- 处处chùchùeverywhere
- 益处yìchùbenefit
- 用处yòngchùusefulness
- 办事处bànshìchùoffice
- 查处cháchǔto investigate and handle (a criminal case)
- 处方chǔfāngmedical prescription
- 处分chǔfènto discipline sb
- 处境chǔjìngsituation (of a person)
- 处事chǔshìto handle affairs
- 处置chǔzhìto handle
- 和平共处hépíng gòngchǔpeaceful coexistence of nations, societies etc
- 难处nánchùtrouble
- 判处pànchǔto sentence
- 恰到好处qiàdào-hǎochùit's just perfect
- 去处qùchùplace
- 随处可见suíchù kě jiàncan be seen everywhere
- 朝夕相处zhāoxī-xiāngchǔto spend all one's time together (idiom)
- 住处zhùchùresidence
Real usage
Example sentences with 处
Published HSK 3 course contexts only. Each sentence links back to the lesson that owns it.
No accepted HSK 3 course context containing 处 is indexed yet. This page does not generate example sentences.
Character questions
About 处
Short answers based on the sources identified on this page.
What does 处 mean in Chinese?
处 is listed here with the concise learning meaning: to reside.
How do you pronounce 处?
处 is shown as chǔ / chù.
Is 处 an HSK 3 character?
Yes. 处 is HSK 3 recognition character #33.
Can I practise writing 处?
Yes. Use Watch, Trace, or Write above.
Learning details
- HSK 3 recognition
- HSK 3 writing inventory
- 30 linked HSK words
Content transparency
Sources and editorial policy
- HSK placement: HSK 3 recognition character #33.
- Writing scope: HSK 3 writing inventory.
- Meaning and pronunciation: CC-CEDICT and linked HSK vocabulary data, shown as supplemental learning metadata.
- Vocabulary: source-linked HSK vocabulary records, each linked to its published HSK vocabulary page.
- Example sentences: published course contexts only; this page does not generate new example sentences.
- Stroke-order practice: HanziWriter character data. This is a source-linked learning reference, not an official HSK publication.