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整

zhěng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 4 Character

整 (zhěng) means "exactly; in good order; whole". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 整 means

1. bound formwhole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly
2. bound formin good order; tidy; neat
3. bound formto put in order; to straighten
4. bound formto repair; to mend; to renovate
5. colloquialto fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb
6. dialectto tinker with; to do sth to

How 整 is used in grammar

整 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Numeral + Adjective + Classifier Phrases (HSK 6)

Example sentences

• 买完整版
  Buy the full version.
• 一整天。
  All day long.
• 那真整洁。
  That was pretty neat.
• 请整理床铺。
  Qǐng zhěnglǐ chuángpù.
  Please make the bed.
• 现在四点整。
  It's now exactly four o'clock.
• 雪下了一整夜。
  It's been snowing all night.

Words starting with 整

• 整个zhěng gèwhole; entire; total
• 整理zhěng lǐto arrange; to tidy up; to sort out
• 整齐zhěng qíorderly; neat; even
• 整体zhěng tǐwhole; entirety; overall; whole; general; on the whole; overall
• 整顿zhěng dùnto tidy up; to reorganize; to consolidate
• 整天zhěng tiānall day long; whole day
• 整整zhěng zhěngwhole; full
• 整合zhěng héto conform; to integrate
• 整洁zhěng jiéneatly; tidy
• 整治zhěng zhìto bring under control; to regulate; to restore to good condition
• 整夜zhěng yèthe whole night; all through the night
• 整日zhěng rìall day long; the whole day
• 整整齐齐zhěng zhěng qí qíneat and tidy
• 整容zhěng róngplastic surgery
• 整改zhěng gǎito reform; to rectify and improve
• 整形zhěng xíngshaping; reshaping; plastic surgery or orthopedics (abbr. of 整形外科
• 整修zhěng xiūto repair; to refurbish; to renovate
• 整人zhěng rén(colloquial) (malicious) to make things difficult for sb…
• 整套zhěng tàoentire set
• 整风zhěng fēngRectification or Rectifying incorrect work styles, Maoist slogan…
• 整数zhěng shùwhole number; integer (math.); round figure
• 整肃zhěng sùstrict; serious; solemn
• 整齐划一zhěng qí huà yīto be adjusted to uniformity (usually of weights and measures) (idiom)
• 整并zhěng bìngto merge; to consolidate; consolidation

Words containing 整

• 调整tiáo zhěngto adjust; to revise; to reorganize
• 完整wán zhěngcomplete; intact
• 平整píng zhěngsmooth; level; to level off
• 工整gōng zhěngfine work; carefully and neatly done
• 休整xiū zhěngto rest and reorganize (military)
• 修整xiū zhěngto spruce up; to renovate; to tend (a garden); to groom (one's hair)…
• 完整性wán zhěng xìngintegrity; completeness
• 重整chóng zhěngto restructure; to reorganize; to revamp
• 打整dǎ zhěngto arrange; to put in order; to tidy up
• 规整guī zhěngaccording to a pattern; regular; orderly
• 正整数zhèng zhěng shùpositive integer
• 非规整fēi guī zhěngirregular; disordered
• 心律不整xīn lǜ bù zhěngarrhythmia
• 领土完整lǐng tǔ wán zhěngterritorial integrity
• 负整数fù zhěng shùnegative integer
• 严整yán zhěng(of troops) in neat formation; (fig.) orderly
• 重整奥思定会Zhòng zhěng Ào sī dìng huìOrder of Augustinian Recollects, a mendicant Catholic religious order of friars and nuns
• 微整形wēi zhěng xíngnon-surgical cosmetic procedure (injection of Botox, hyaluronic acid etc)
• 汇整huì zhěngto collect and organize (papers etc); to archive (data); to summarize (evidence etc)
• 恶整è zhěngto prank
• 桥式整流器qiáo shì zhěng liú qì(electricity) bridge rectifier
• 碎片整理suì piàn zhěng lǐdefragmentation (computing)
• 重整旗鼓chóng zhěng qí gǔlit. to reorganize flags and drums (idiom); to regroup after a setback…
• 浮力调整背心fú lì tiáo zhěng bèi xīnBCD; Buoyancy Compensation Device (diving)

Characters built on 正

These share the phonetic component 正 (zhèng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 政zhèngpolitical; politics; government
• 证zhèngto admonish; variant of 证
• 征zhēngjourney; trip; expedition
• 症zhèngdisease; illness
• 怔zhēng(bound form) startled; terrified; panic-stricken
• 钲zhēnggong used to halt troops

Characters that look like 整

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 黎lí(literary) black; dark; many
• 壁bìwall; rampart
• 磐pánfirm; stable; rock
• 罄qìngto use up; to exhaust; empty
• 樊fán(literary) fence
• 翳yìfeather screen; to screen; to shade

Sounds the same

Read zhěng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 拯to raise; to aid; to support
• 掟(HK dialect) to throw; to toss

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhěng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.