整
zhěng
(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly
(bound form) in good order; tidy; neat; (bound form) to put in order; to straighten; (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb; (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to
correct order (敕) + upright (正) = whole and tidy
敕 carries the idea of issuing orders or correcting, lending 整 its sense of imposing order on something. 正 is primarily phonetic here, though its association with 'upright' and 'correct' subtly reinforces the flavor of straightening things out.
他花了整整一天时间收拾房间。
tā huā le zhěng zhěng yī tiān shí jiān shōu shi fáng jiān。
he spent a whole entire day tidying up the room.
我们整个团队都在努力完成这个项目。
wǒ men zhěng gè tuán duì dōu zài nǔ lì wán chéng zhè ge xiàng mù。
our whole team is working hard to complete this project.
Words with 整
整装待发
zhěng zhuāng dài fā
to get ready (for a journey)
整地
zhěng dì
to prepare the soil (agriculture)
整改
zhěng gǎi
to reform
规整
guī zhěng
according to a pattern
完整
wán zhěng
complete
整合
zhěng hé
to conform
领土完整
lǐng tǔ wán zhěng
territorial integrity
重整
chóng zhěng
to restructure
重整奥思定会
zhòng zhěng ào sī dìng huì
Order of Augustinian Recollects, a mendicant Catholic religious order of friars and nuns
重整旗鼓
chóng zhěng qí gǔ
lit. to reorganize flags and drums (idiom); to regroup after a setback
休整
xiū zhěng
to rest and reorganize (military)
修整
xiū zhěng
to spruce up; to renovate; to tend (a garden); to groom (one's hair); to finish (a rough surface); to trim (a lawn); to touch up (a photo)