处理

Character by character

• 处chù5 strokesHSK 2 traditional 處place, locale; department
• 理lǐ11 strokesHSK 2reason, logic; manage

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 处理. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 处chùHSK 4

  place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point

• 理解lǐ jiěHSK 3

  to comprehend; to understand

• 心理xīn lǐHSK 4

  psychology; mentality

• 管理guǎn lǐHSK 3

  to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration

• 理由lǐ yóuHSK 3

  reason; grounds; justification

• 理论lǐ lùnHSK 3

  theory; to argue; to take notice of

• 理lǐHSK 6

  texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up

• 处于chǔ yúHSK 4

  to be in (some state, position, or condition)

• 经理jīng lǐHSK 2

  manager; director

• 合理hé lǐHSK 3

  rational; reasonable; sensible; fair

• 到处dào chùHSK 2

  everywhere

• 道理dào liHSK 2

  reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification

• 好处hǎo chuHSK 2

  benefit; advantage; merit; gain; profit; also pr. [hǎo chù]

• 理想lǐ xiǎngHSK 2

  an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect

• 整理zhěng lǐHSK 3

  to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage)

• 清理qīng lǐHSK 5

  to clear up; to tidy up; to dispose of

• 助理zhù lǐHSK 5

  assistant

• 相处xiāng chǔHSK 4

  to be in contact (with sb); to associate; to interact; to get along (well, poorly)

• 代理dài lǐHSK 5

  to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position; to act as an agent or proxy; surrogate; (computing) proxy

• 四处sì chùHSK 6

  all over the place; everywhere and all directions

• 处在chǔ zàiHSK 5

  to be situated at; to find oneself at

• 物理wù lǐ

  physics; physical

• 理念lǐ niànHSK 7

  idea; concept; philosophy; theory

• 护理hù lǐHSK 7

  to nurse; to tend and protect