| 处 | chǔ | to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish |
| 处 | chù | place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point |
| 理 | lǐ | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up |
| 者 | zhě | (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this |
| 处理 | chǔ lǐ | to handle; to treat; to deal with; to process; CL:个 |
