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整天

zhěngtiān

all day

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Characters in this word

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

天 tiān

Strokes
4
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
一 one 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 他整天在家。 Tā zhěngtiān zài jiā. He is at home all day.
  • 她整天学习。 Tā zhěngtiān xuéxí. She studies all day.
  • 我整天很忙。 Wǒ zhěngtiān hěn máng. I am very busy all day.

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