HSK 5 · Verbs

相处 xiāngchǔ “to get along (with someone)” in Chinese

Traditional 相處

What 相处 means

  1. to get along (with someone)
  2. to spend time together
  3. to be in contact (with sb)
  4. to associate
  5. to interact
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to get along (well, poorly)

How to say 相处

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale相xiāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale处chǔ3rd tone, dipping

相处 in a sentence

  1. 你跟新同学相处的怎么样？

    Nǐ gēn xīn tóngxué xiāngchǔ de zěnmeyàng?

    How are you getting along with your new classmates?

    Sentence #2254349 from Tatoeba

  2. 我们相处得非常好。

    Wǒmen xiāngchǔ de fēicháng hǎo.

    We get along very well.

    Sentence #3333012 from Tatoeba

  3. 我觉得很难和他相处。

    Wǒ juéde hěn nán hé tā xiāngchǔ.

    I found it difficult to get along with him.

    Sentence #360664 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 相处 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 相 (xiāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
相xiāngeach other
  • 木tree · mù
  • 目eye · mù

Memory aidAn eye 目 looking at a tree 木: to look at, and so “each other”.

The character 处 (chu) with each of its parts in a different colour
处chǔto reside
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 卜divination · bǔ

How to write 相处

相 9 strokes · 处 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 相处

Words with 相

相信xiāngxìn · to believe照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo相机xiàngjī · camera照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera相反xiāngfǎn · opposite相同xiāngtóng · the same互相hùxiāng · each other相似xiāngsì · similar相当xiāngdāng · equivalent to相对xiāngduì · relatively

Words with 处

好处hǎochu · benefit到处dàochù · everywhere处理chǔlǐ · to handle处置chǔzhì · to deal with处分chǔfèn · disciplinary action处境chǔjìng · situation恰到好处qiàdàohǎochù · just right

More words: Common Verbs

系领带jì lǐngdài · to tie a tie吓xià · to frighten显得xiǎnde · to seem显示xiǎnshì · to show享受xiǎngshòu · to enjoy消失xiāoshī · to disappear歇xiē · to rest行动xíngdòng · to act

FAQs

相处 (xiāngchǔ) means “to get along (with someone)” or “to spend time together”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xiāngchǔ: xiāng with a 1st tone, then chǔ with a 3rd 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, 相处 is written 相處. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiangchu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 相处 from the suggestions. Typing xiangchu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
相处 is an HSK 5 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.