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去处

qùchù

place to go; whereabouts; destination

A traveler at a forked road looks toward a distant teahouse
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Characters in this word

去 qù

Strokes
5
Radical
厶 — private, secret
Made of
土 soil, earth 厶 private, secret

处 chù

Strokes
5
Radical
夂 — to go
Made of
夂 to go 卜 divination, fortune-telling
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 城市更新拆除了旧市场,却没有为原来的摊贩安排合适的去处。 Chéngshì gēngxīn chāichú le jiù shìchǎng, què méiyǒu wèi yuánlái de tānfàn ānpái héshì de qùchù. Urban renewal demolished the old market, but did not arrange a suitable place for the original stallholders to go.
  • 周末我想找个安静的去处,好好放松一下。 Zhōumò wǒ xiǎng zhǎo gè ānjìng de qùchù, hǎohāo fàngsōng yīxià. On the weekend I want to find a quiet place to go and relax a bit.
  • 商场关门前,顾客们纷纷散去,各自找了自己的去处。 Shāngchǎng guānmén qián, gùkèmen fēnfēn sànqù, gèzì zhǎole zìjǐ de qùchù. Before the shopping mall closed, the customers dispersed and each found their own place to go.

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