HSK 6 · Verbs

安置 ānzhì “to find a place for” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 安置 means

  1. to find a place for
  2. to help settle
  3. to arrange for
  4. to help settle down
  5. to get into bed
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • placement

How to say 安置

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale安ān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale置zhì4th tone, falling

安置 in a sentence

  1. 新来的同学已经安置好了。

    Xīn lái de tóngxué yǐjīng ānzhì hǎo le.

    The new students have all been settled in.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 公司为新员工安置了宿舍。

    Gōngsī wèi xīn yuángōng ānzhì le sùshè.

    The company arranged dormitory rooms for new staff.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 安置 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 安 (ān) with each of its parts in a different colour
安āncalm; peaceful
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 女woman · nǚ

Memory aidA woman 女 under a roof 宀: safe, peaceful.

The character 置 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
置zhìto install
  • 罒net form of 网 · wǎngMeaning part
  • 直straight · zhíSound part

罒 hints at the meaning (net); 直 (zhí) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhì.

How to write 安置

安 6 strokes · 置 13 strokes

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安置 (ānzhì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 安置 (ānzhì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 安置

Words with 安

安静ānjìng · quiet安排ānpái · to arrange安全ānquán · safe晚安wǎn'ān · good night安装ānzhuāng · to install不安bù'ān · uneasy平安píng'ān · safe and sound安慰ānwèi · to comfort安宁ānníng · peaceful安详ānxiáng · serene

Words with 置

位置wèizhi · position布置bùzhì · to arrange处置chǔzhì · to deal with设置shèzhì · to set up

More words: Common Verbs

阻止zǔzhǐ · to prevent组合zǔhé · to assemble遵守zūnshǒu · to comply with挨ái · to suffer熬áo · to endure扒bā · to dig up掰bāi · to break off with both hands拜访bàifǎng · to pay a visit

FAQs

安置 (ānzhì) means “to find a place for” or “to help settle”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it ānzhì: ān with a 1st tone, then zhì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 安置 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type anzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 安置 from the suggestions. Typing anzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
安置 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.