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一整套 (yī zhěng tào) — (measure word) a complete set of, a whole set of

Definition

A fixed phrase: 'a complete / whole set of', more emphatic than just 一套. Used when the emphasis is on the set being full, unified, and ready to use as one package.

classifier
a complete set ofa whole set of

Examples

  • 一整套。
    Zhè ge xiàng mù xū yào yī zhěng tào jiě jué fāng àn.
    This project requires a complete set of solutions.
  • 一整套。
    Gōng sī zhèng zài tuī xíng yī zhěng tào xīn guǎn lǐ zhì dù.
    The company is implementing a whole set of new management systems.
  • 。
    Wǒ men gōng sī yōng yǒu yì yī zhěng tào xiān jìn de jiǎn cè shè bèi.
    Our company owns a complete set of advanced testing equipment.

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.

一yīone
整套whole set
整zhěngwhole套tàoset
偏正Modifier + head

The characters 一, 整, and 套 combine to express one complete set.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

Open 一 →

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 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 大大dàlarge
  • 長長chánglong

套 is made from 大 (large) and 長 (long), originally for something long, with some reference to hair; it later came to mean a cover or a linked group.

Open 套 →
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