整合 (zhěng hé) — to integrate, to consolidate

Definition

整合 emphasizes reorganizing scattered or separate parts into a coherent, efficient whole (resources, departments, functions). Stronger and more systematic than 结合 ('combine'); less about blending in than 融入 ('integrate into').

verb
to integrateto consolidate

Examples

  • 整合。
    Gōng sī zhèng zài zhěng hé liǎng gè bù mén.
    The company is integrating two departments.
  • 整合。
    zhěng hé Zī yuán kě yǐ tí gāo xiào lǜ.
    Integrating resources can improve efficiency.
  • 整合。
    Zhè ge ruǎn jiàn kě yǐ zhěng hé duō zhǒng gōng néng.
    This software can integrate multiple functions.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

整zhěngmake whole
合héjoin

整 means to make whole and 合 to join, so 整合 means to join parts into one whole.

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

合 shows 亼 and 口 arranged as two mouths speaking together.

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