整

zhěng

zh+ěng·3rd tone

(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word)…

Radical: 攵 Strokes: 16 HSK 3

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Same radical

数放教政散收故改效救敬敌

Same radical

数放教政散收故改效救敬敌敛敏攻

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Character Decomposition

整=敕+正

Etymology

order

Meanings

(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly

(bound form) in good order; tidy; neat

(bound form) to put in order; to straighten

(bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate

(coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb

(dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to

zhěng

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Words with 整 235 total

fine work · carefully and neatly done工整gōng zhěng to arrange; to put in order; to tidy up打整dǎ zhěng smooth · level · to level off · to flatten (remove bumps)平整píng zhěng to spruce up; to renovate; to tend (a garden); to groom (one's hair); to finish (a rough surface); to trim (a lawn); to touch up (a photo)修整xiū zhěng complete · intact完整wán zhěng (of troops) in neat formation · (fig.) orderly严整yán zhěng preparedness · to bring sth to a state of readiness整备zhěng bèi (literary) to put in good order; to make shipshape · (literary) orderly; neat; tidy整饬zhěng chì to rest and reorganize (military)休整xiū zhěng neat and well-spaced匀整yún zhěng to divide exactly without remainder (in integer arithmetic)整除zhěng chú to prepare the soil (agriculture)整地zhěng dì time of day exactly on the hour (i.e. 12:00, 1:00 etc) · to make an inventory · (math.) point that has integer coordinates整点zhěng diǎn to tidy up · to reorganize · to consolidate · to rectify整顿zhěng dùn

Idioms with 整 21 total Chain

lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom) · fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion · innocent acts may be misconstrued瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠guā tián bù nà lu:3 , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān to be calm and unruffled in the midst of chaos or at a busy time (idiom)好整以暇hào zhěng yǐ xiá to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one · divide and conquer化整为零huà zhěng wéi líng

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