齐整 (qí zhěng) — uniform and tidy; neat and orderly

Definition

齐整 (jìzhěng) means 'neat and uniform' — it emphasizes things being lined up evenly and in order, more about regular arrangement than general tidiness. Note this character reads jì here, not qí.

adjective
uniform and tidyneat and orderly

Examples

  • 齐整。
    Duì wu pái liè dé hěn qí zhěng.
    The troops are arranged very neatly.
  • 齐整。
    Fáng jiān lǐ yí qiè dōu hěn qí zhěng zhěng jié.
    Everything in the room is tidy and orderly.
  • 齐整。
    Tā bǎ shū bǎi dé shí fēn qí zhěng.
    He arranged the books very orderly.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

齐qíeven
整zhěngtidy

齐 (even) and 整 (tidy) combine to mean neat and orderly.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 齊; 齐 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 齊 pictures multiple fruits or thorns neatly arranged; the simplified 齐 is a later shorthand.

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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.

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