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整个

zhěng gè

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 整個

整个 (zhěng gè) means "whole; entire (modifies a noun)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 整个 means

1. whole
2. entire
3. total

The characters in 整个

• 整zhěng(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole…
• 个gè(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual

Example sentences

• 我哭了整个晚上。
  I cried all night.
• 消息传遍了整个日本。
  Xiāoxi chuánbiàn le zhěnggè Rìběn.
  The news spread all over Japan.
• 难民从整个国家涌来。
  Nànmín cóng zhěnggè guójiā yǒng lái.
  Refugees poured in from all over the country.
• 她花了整个下午作饭。
  She spent all afternoon cooking.
• 他把整个苹果都吃了。
  He ate all of the apple.
• 整个世界都想要和平。
  The entire world wishes to have peace.

Where 整个 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Victory, Abbreviation & Whole (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhěng gè correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.