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置于

zhì yú

2-character word Traditional 置於

What 置于 means

1. to place in; to put in (a position)

The characters in 置于

• 置zhìto install; to place; to put
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle

Example sentences

• 一对年轻日本夫妇，把一岁大的亲生婴儿放进胶袋，弃置于排水沟中，于五月十八日被捕。
  Yīduì niánqīng Rìběn fūfù, bǎ yī suì dà de qīnshēng yīng'ér fàngjìn jiāo dài, qìzhì yú páishuǐgōu zhōng, yú Wǔyuè shíbā rì bèibǔ.
  On May 18, a young Japanese couple was arrested after their one-year-old baby was found wrapped in a plastic bag and dumped in a gutter.
• 凯萨琳去年结婚之前，有人表达了担心说，因为她出生于平民家庭，可能要与被突然置于公众视野来的压力搏斗。
  Kǎi Sà lín qùnián jiéhūn zhīqián, yǒurén biǎodá le dānxīn shuō, yīnwèi tā chūshēng yú píngmín jiātíng, kěnéng yào yǔ bèi tūrán zhìyú gōngzhòng shìyě lái de yālì bódòu.
  Before Kate was married last year, some expressed concerns that as she was born a commoner, she would struggle with the pressure of being thrust into the public eye.

Sounds the same

Read zhì yú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 至于as for; as to; to go so far as to
• 治愚to eliminate backward (unscientific) ways of thinking