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
整整
zhěngzhěng
a full amount of
Character
Example phrases
- 我等了整整一天。 Wǒ děng le zhěngzhěng yì tiān. I waited a whole day.
- 他睡了整整十小时。 Tā shuì le zhěngzhěng shí xiǎoshí. He slept for a full ten hours.
- 整整三年过去了。 Zhěngzhěng sān nián guòqù le. A full three years have passed.