整 zhěng
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 敕 an imperial order or decree 正 straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
整
zhěng
whole; exactly
Character
Example phrases
- 我看整本书。 Wǒ kàn zhěng běn shū. I read the whole book.
- 他整夜没睡。 Tā zhěng yè méi shuì. He did not sleep all night.
- 整点到了。 Zhěng diǎn dào le. The exact hour has arrived.
Related words
- 调整 tiáozhěng to adjust; to change
- 完整 wánzhěng complete; whole
- 整个 zhěnggè entire; whole
- 整理 zhěnglǐ to tidy up; to arrange
- 整齐 zhěngqí neat; orderly
- 整体 zhěngtǐ whole; overall
- 整天 zhěngtiān all day
- 整整 zhěngzhěng a full amount of
- 足够 zúgòu enough
- 数量 shùliàng quantity
- 一切 yíqiè everything; all
- 双 shuāng a pair; a measure word for pairs