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整理

zhěng lǐㄓㄥˇ ㄌㄧˇ

Sino-Vietnamese: CHỈNH LÍ

Traditional: 整理

HSK 4HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 3

Meaning(verb, verbal noun)

to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage)

Examples

  • 我要整理一下房间。

    wǒ yào zhěng lǐ yí xià fáng jiān.

    I need to tidy up my room.

  • 请把这些文件整理好。

    qǐng bǎ zhè xiē wén jiàn zhěng lǐ hǎo.

    Please sort these documents.

  • 出发前她整理了行李。

    chū fā qián tā zhěng lǐ le xíng li.

    She packed her luggage before setting off.

Easily confused

  • 收拾 — 收拾 is everyday tidying; 整理 also covers organizing documents, data, notes.

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Stroke order

CHỈNH · 16 strokes

exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb

LÝ · 11 strokes

texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in