處於

See also: 处于

Chinese

		a place; location; spot a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with	in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname
trad. (處於)		處	於
simp. (处于)		处	于

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǔyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˇ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu² jyu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǔyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˇ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǔyú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu³-yü²
    • Yale: chǔ-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuuyu
    • Palladius: чуюй (čujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyu² jyu¹
    • Yale: chyú yū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsy² jy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qu² yu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyː³⁵ jyː⁵⁵/

Verb

處於

1. to be in (some situation, condition, etc.)

   他正處於跋前疐後的尷尬局面。 [MSC, trad.]
   他正处于跋前疐后的尴尬局面。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā zhèng chǔyú báqiánzhìhòu de gāngà júmiàn. [Pinyin]

   He is in a difficult dilemma.

2. to be located in; to be situated at

Synonyms

• (to be in): 處在／处在 (chǔzài), 居於／居于 (jūyú)
• (to be located in): 處在／处在 (chǔzài)