处理场 (chǔ lǐ chǎng) — processing plant; treatment facility (e.g. wastewater, waste); processing site (for data or materials)

Definition

处理场 is a facility site where something is processed or treated — most often waste, wastewater, or refuse, less commonly data. The suffix 场 marks a place, so the stress falls on the LOCATION, not the act of processing.

noun
processing planttreatment facility (e.g. wastewater, waste)processing site (for data or materials)
Measure word · 个
Easily confused

Examples

  • 处理场。
    Zhè ge wū shuǐ chǔ lǐ chǎng měi tiān néng chǔ lǐ shí wàn dūn fèi shuǐ.
    This wastewater treatment plant can process 100,000 tons of wastewater per day.
  • 处理场。
    Lā jī chǔ lǐ chǎng de jī qì xū yào dìng qī jiǎn chá.
    The machines at the waste processing plant need regular inspection.
  • 处理场。
    Zhè ge shù jù chǔ lǐ chǎng de yùn suàn sù dù hěn kuài.
    This data processing center's computing speed is very fast.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

处理handle/process
处chùhandle理lǐmanage
联合Side by side
场chǎngplace

处理 means to handle or process, and 场 is a place, so the word names a place for processing.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 處; 处 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
夂夂zhǐ
几几jǐtable
Sound part声符shēngfú
虍
虍hū處chǔ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 處 pairs 虍, giving the sound, with 夂 and 几, a table, as meaning parts. The simplified 处 is a shorthand and its parts are not the historical components.

Open 处 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
玉玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
里
里lǐ理lǐ
Same sound today

理 pairs 玉 (jade) with 里, which shows how to say it; the jade part points to the old sense of polishing jade.

Open 理 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 場; 场 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
昜
昜yáng場chǎng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 場 pairs 土 (earth) with 昜 as a sound part; the simplified 场 is a later abbreviation, so its parts do not have that historical role.

Open 场 →

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