污水处理厂 (wūshuǐchǔlǐchǎng): wastewater treatment plant

Measure Word

一座污水处理厂 zuò

Meanings

1 wastewater treatment plant
2 sewage treatment plant

Characters

Examples

这个污水处理厂每天处理十万吨污水。

Zhège wūshuǐ chǔlǐ chǎng měitiān chǔlǐ shí wàn dūn wūshuǐ.

This wastewater treatment plant processes 100,000 tonnes of sewage daily.

新建的污水处理厂保护了河流环境。

Xīnjiàn de wūshuǐ chǔlǐ chǎng bǎohù le héliú huánjìng.

The newly built wastewater treatment plant protects the river environment.

Tips

mistakes

处 in 处理 is read chǔ (third tone), not chù. The chǔ reading means 'to handle/process'; the chù reading means 'place/location' (as in 住处, 到处).

Stroke Order

污 wū

水 shuǐ

处 chù

理 lǐ

厂 chǎng

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