HSK 6 · Ideas

处境 chǔjìng “situation” in Chinese

Traditional 處境

What 处境 means

  1. situation
  2. plight
  3. situation (of a person)

How to say 处境

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale处chǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale境jìng4th tone, falling

处境 in a sentence

  1. 你可以描述一下当时的处境吗？

    Nǐ kěyǐ miáoshù yíxià dāngshí de chǔjìng ma?

    Can you describe the situation you were in at the time?

    Sentence #851656 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 处境 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 处 (chu) with each of its parts in a different colour
处chǔto reside
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 卜divination · bǔ
The character 境 (jìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
境jìngborder
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 竟finally · jìngSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 竟 (jìng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jìng.

How to write 处境

处 5 strokes · 境 14 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 处境

Words with 处

好处hǎochu · benefit到处dàochù · everywhere处理chǔlǐ · to handle相处xiāngchǔ · to get along (with someone)处置chǔzhì · to deal with处分chǔfèn · disciplinary action恰到好处qiàdàohǎochù · just right

Words with 境

环境huánjìng · environment边境biānjìng · border area境界jìngjiè · realm

More words: Ideas & Concepts

场面chǎngmiàn · scene成效chéngxiào · effect冲击chōngjī · impact川流不息chuānliúbùxī · flowing in an endless stream (of people or traffic)出路chūlù · way out出息chūxi · promise挫折cuòzhé · setback代价dàijià · price

FAQs

处境 (chǔjìng) means “situation” or “plight”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chǔjìng: chǔ with a 3rd tone, then jìng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 处境 is written 處境. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chujing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 处境 from the suggestions. Typing chujing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
处境 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.