All around in Chinese
all around · HSK 5
四处
- 四 four
- 处 place
他四处找他的钥匙。 He looked everywhere for his keys.
Other ways to say all around
More words with 四 or 处
How do you say all around in Chinese?
All around in Chinese is 四处 (sì chù). You can also say 四周 (sì zhōu).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
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Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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