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
整治
zhěngzhì
to renovate; to put in order; to tackle and rectify
Characters in this word
治 zhì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 台 platform
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 该市开始整治河道污染，同时追究上游企业的排放责任。 Gāi shì kāishǐ zhěngzhì hédào wūrǎn, tóngshí zhuījiū shàngyóu qǐyè de páifàng zérèn. The city began tackling river pollution while also pursuing the discharge responsibilities of upstream enterprises.
- 公司决定整治内部管理，提高工作效率。 Gōngsī juédìng zhěngzhì nèibù guǎnlǐ, tígāo gōngzuò xiàolǜ. The company decided to put its internal management in order to improve work efficiency.
- 经过整治，这条老街变得干净又漂亮。 Jīngguò zhěngzhì, zhè tiáo lǎojiē biàn de gānjìng yòu piàoliang. After the renovation, this old street has become clean and beautiful.
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