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整顿 (zhěng dùn) — to rectify; to reorganize; to consolidate (an organization, system, or discipline)

Definition

整顿 is a formal verb for reorganizing or rectifying an institution, system, or discipline — not a room. Stronger and more official than 整理 ('arrange/tidy'); broader than 纠正 ('correct a specific mistake').

verb
to rectifyto reorganizeto consolidate (an organization, system, or discipline)

Examples

  • 整顿。
    Zhèng fǔ zhèng zài zhěng dùn shì chǎng zhì xù.
    The government is rectifying market order.
  • 整顿。
    Gōng sī xū yào zhěng dùn nèi bù jì lǜ.
    The company needs to consolidate internal discipline.
  • 整顿，。
    Jīng guò quán miàn zhěng dùn, gōng chǎng huī fù le shēng chǎn.
    After a thorough reorganization, the factory resumed production.

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zhěngorderly
顿dùnarrange

整 carries the idea of being orderly, and 顿 carries the idea of arranging; the word means to put things in order.

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
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 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 頓; 顿 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yè
Sound part声符shēngfú
屯
屯tún頓dùn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 頓 combines 屯, drawn as a kneeling person's head, with 頁, and expresses a bow or kowtow. The simplified 顿 replaces 頁 with 页.

Open 顿 →
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