置 (zhì): to install, to place, to put
置 (zhì) is a Chinese character meaning “to install.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 罒 (semantic) and 直 (phonetic). It ranks #677 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 置 net. Its radical form 罒 (net) appears in many related characters such as 网 (wǎng, net), 罚 (fá, to punish), 罢 (bà, to stop).
Definitions
- to install
- to place
- to put
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 置
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 难以置信 | nán yǐ zhì xìn | (idiom) hard to believe |
| 装置 | zhuāng zhì | to install |
| 处置 | chǔ zhì | to handle |
| 安置 | ān zhì | to find a place for |
| 置于 | zhì yú | to place in |
| 置身 | zhì shēn | to place oneself |
| 放置 | fàng zhì | to put |
| 置之不理 | zhì zhī bù lǐ | to pay no heed to (idiom) |
| 置身事外 | zhì shēn shì wài | (idiom) not to get involved |
| 搁置 | gē zhì | to shelve |
| 置信 | zhì xìn | to believe (what sb claims) (usually used in the negative) |
| 配置 | pèi zhì | to deploy |
| 置换 | zhì huàn | to permute |
| 闲置 | xián zhì | to leave sth unused |
| 空置 | kōng zhì | to set sth aside |
置 appears in 100 compound words: 33 as the first character, 46 as the last, and 21 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 置 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (19)
to allow or admit no doubt; to not open to doubt; to be beyond doubt; to be absolutely certain
to allow or admit no doubt; to not open to doubt; to be beyond doubt; to be absolutely certain
Showing 12 of 19 idioms containing 置.
Example Sentences
请把行李放置在指定区域，不要挡住通道。
Qǐng bǎ xíngli fàngzhì zài zhǐdìng qūyù, bùyào dǎng zhù tōngdào.
Please place your luggage in the designated area and don't block the passage.
...00066.HK)屯門南延綫項目游泳池重置工程完成 釋出土地全面進行第16區站建造...
. . . . tún 門 nán yán 綫 項 mù yóu yǒng chí chóng zhì gōng chéng wán chéng 釋 chū tǔ dì quán miàn 進 háng dì 區 zhàn jiàn zào . . .
The swimming pool relocation works for the Tuen Mun South Extension Line project (00066.HK) have been completed, freeing up land for the full-scale construction of the 16th District Station...
晨星:維持華潤置地和龍湖公允價值預測 偏好華潤置地
chén xīng 維 chí 華 潤 zhì dì hé 龍 hú gōng yǔn 價 zhí 預 測 piān hǎo 華 潤 zhì dì
Morningstar: Maintains fair value forecasts for China Resources Land and Longfor; favors China Resources Land
...民生證券:“以舊換新”政策延續 2026置換+出口需求主導商用車
. . . mín shēng 證 quàn yǐ 舊 換 xīn zhèng cè yán 續 zhì 換 chū kǒu xū qiú zhǔ 導 shāng yòng 車
Minsheng Securities: "Trade-in" Policy Continues; 2026 Replacement + Export Demand to Dominate Commercial Vehicle Market
健康名人堂/放下光環 馬年給自己更新的位置
jiàn kāng míng rén táng fàng xià guāng 環 馬 nián 給 zì jǐ gēng xīn de wèi zhì
Health Hall of Fame: Shed the Spotlight—Finding Your New Place in the Year of the Horse
港置周末10大屋苑錄得約2宗成交按周下跌約5...
gǎng zhì zhōu mò dà wū 苑 錄 dé 約 zōng chéng jiāo àn zhōu xià diē 約 . . .
HKSARG's top 10 estates recorded 2 transactions over the weekend, a week-on-week drop of about 5...
汤姆傻得难以置信。
Tāngmǔ shǎ de nányǐzhìxìn.
Tom is unbelievably stupid.
毋庸置疑，汤姆毒害了玛丽。
Wúyōngzhìyí, Tāngmǔ dúhài le Mǎlì.
There's no doubt Tom poisoned Mary.
她怎么告诉意蒂尔我的位置？
Tā zěnme gàosu yì dì ěr wǒ de wèizhi?
Why did she tell Yidir where I was?
可怜的人民任凭残暴的独裁者处置。
Kělián de rénmín rènpíng cánbào de dúcáizhě chǔzhì.
The poor people were at the mercy of the cruel dictator.
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