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重整 (chóng zhěng) — to restructure, to reorganize, to revamp

Definition

verb
to restructureto reorganizeto revamp

Examples

  • 重整。
    Gōng sī zhèng zài jìn xíng chóng zhěng.
    The company is undergoing restructuring.
  • 重整。
    Tā men jì huà chóng zhěng zhěng gè bù mén.
    They plan to restructure the entire department.
  • 重整。
    Zhè cì chóng zhěng ràng gōng sī biàn de gèng yǒu xiào lǜ.
    This restructuring made the company more efficient.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

重zhòngagain
整zhěngarrange

重 means again and 整 means arrange, so together they mean to arrange or organize something again.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
人人rénman
Sound part声符shēngfú
東
東dōng重zhòng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

重 developed from a picture of a man carrying a bag, with 人 for the man and 東 for the bag; a later ground element was folded into the form.

Open 重 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
敕敕chì
Sound part声符shēngfú
正
正zhèng整zhěng
Same sound today

整 pairs 敕 as the meaning side with 正 as the sound side.

Open 整 →
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