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找齐 (zhǎo qí) — to assemble a whole set; to gather all items to complete a collection; to make uniform; to even out differences

Definition

A verb about rounding something out: gathering missing pieces to complete a full set, or evening out uneven items so they match. It emphasizes reaching completeness/uniformity, not the act of searching.

verb
to assemble a whole setto gather all items to complete a collectionto make uniformto even out differences

Examples

  • 找齐。
    Wǒ xū yào bǎ zhè xiē zī liào zhǎo qí.
    I need to gather all these materials.
  • 找齐。
    Shù jù bì xū zhǎo qí cái néng jìn xíng bǐ jiào.
    The data must be made uniform before comparison.
  • 找齐，。
    Tā bǎ nà xiē cái liào zhǎo qí le, quē le yí fèn.
    He assembled all those materials but was missing one copy.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

找zhǎoseek
齐qícomplete

找 means seek and 齐 adds being complete or even, so it gathers all pieces or levels differences.

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
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
戈
戈gē找zhǎo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

找 pairs 扌 (hand) with 戈 as a sound part. The idea that it shows a hand looking for a halberd is only a memory trick.

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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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