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查处 (chá chǔ) — to investigate and handle (a case or violation, especially in legal or administrative contexts)

Definition

查处 means to investigate AND take administrative or legal action against a violation — covers both finding the case and punishing it. 查获 focuses only on seizing evidence or suspects; 查明 is just finding out the facts.

verb
to investigate and handle (a case or violation, especially in legal or administrative contexts)

Examples

  • 查处。
    Yǒu guān bù mén zhèng zài chá chǔ zhè qǐ huán jìng wū rǎn shì jiàn.
    The relevant authorities are investigating and handling this environmental pollution incident.
  • 查处，。
    Wéi guī xíng wéi bèi chá chǔ zhī hòu, gōng sī jìn xíng le zhěng gǎi.
    After the violation was investigated and handled, the company carried out corrective measures.
  • 查处。
    Fǎ yuàn yī fǎ chá chǔ le zhè yì qǐ jīng jì fàn zuì àn jiàn.
    The court investigated and handled this economic crime case according to the law.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

查cháinvestigate
处chùhandle

查 (investigate) and 处 (handle) together mean investigate and handle a case.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùwood
Sound part声符shēngfú
且
且qiě查chá
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

查 pairs 木 (wood) with 且, which shows the sound. It originally meant a hawthorn tree or a wooden raft.

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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.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9

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