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整理

zhěng lǐ

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

整理 (zhěng lǐ) means "to arrange". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 整理 means

1. to arrange
2. to tidy up
3. to sort out
4. to straighten out
5. to list systematically
6. to collate (data, files)
7. to pack (luggage)

The characters in 整理

• 整zhěng(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole…
• 理lǐtexture; grain (of wood); inner essence

Example sentences

• 请整理床铺。
  Qǐng zhěnglǐ chuángpù.
  Please make the bed.
• 整理一下房间。
  Tidy up the room.
• 我一直想整理书桌。
  I keep meaning to organize my desk.
• 我想请你帮我整理花园。
  Wǒ xiǎng qǐng nǐ bāng wǒ zhěnglǐ huāyuán.
  I would like you to assist me with my gardening.
• 肯每天早上自己整理床铺。
  Kěn měitiān zǎoshang zìjǐ zhěnglǐ chuáng pù.
  Ken makes his own bed every morning.
• 汤姆花了大半早晨整理办公室。
  Tāngmǔ huā le dàbàn zǎochén zhěnglǐ bàngōngshì.
  Tom spent most of the morning straightening up his office.

Words containing 整理

• 碎片整理suì piàn zhěng lǐdefragmentation (computing)

Where 整理 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Home & household objects (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhěng lǐ correctly.
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