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相处

xiāng chǔ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 相處

相处 (xiāng chǔ) means "to get along (with sb)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 相处 means

1. to be in contact (with sb)
2. to associate
3. to interact
4. to get along (well, poorly)

The characters in 相处

• 相xiāngeach other; one another; mutually
• 处chǔto reside; to live; to dwell

Example sentences

• 他很好相处。
  He is easy to get along with.
• 我和大家相处。
  I got along with everybody.
• 他们相处融洽。
  They get on well together.
• 我没有和她相处过。
  I didn't get along with her.
• 他这个人很难相处。
  He is difficult to get along with.
• 他和他的员工相处。
  He is getting along with his employees.

Words containing 相处

• 朝夕相处zhāo xī xiāng chǔto spend all one's time together (idiom)
• 和睦相处hé mù xiāng chǔto live in harmony; to get along with each other

Where 相处 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Land, Regions & Comparisons (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiāng chǔ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.