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
整洁
zhěngjié
neat; tidy; clean and orderly
Characters in this word
洁 jié
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 吉 lucky, propitious, good
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 一个整洁的实验室不只是好看，更能降低样本污染的风险。 Yí gè zhěngjié de shíyànshì bù zhǐ shì hǎokàn, gèng néng jiàngdī yàngběn wūrǎn de fēngxiǎn. A tidy laboratory is not merely pleasant to look at; it also reduces the risk of sample contamination.
- 客人来之前，她把房间收拾得十分整洁。 Kèrén lái zhīqián, tā bǎ fángjiān shōushi de shífēn zhěngjié. Before the guests arrived, she tidied the room up until it was spotless.
- 宿舍里东西不多，却收拾得很整洁。 Sùshè lǐ dōngxi bù duō, què shōushi de hěn zhěngjié. There is not much in the dormitory, yet it is kept very tidy.
Related words
- 调整 tiáozhěng to adjust; to change
- 完整 wánzhěng complete; whole
- 整 zhěng whole; exactly
- 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
- 工整 gōngzhěng neat; regular
- 整顿 zhěngdùn to rectify; to reorganise; to put in order
- 整合 zhěnghé to integrate; to consolidate; integration