No. 945 in Chinese
整
"整" means "whole," "complete," "tidy," or "to organize."
In a sentence
我今天把房间整干净了。
I tidied up the room today.
In this sentence, '整' is used as part of the verb phrase '整干净', which means 'to tidy up' or 'to make clean'. It emphasizes the action of thoroughly organizing or cleaning.
他的整套西装非常好看。
His entire suit is very nice.
Here, '整' is used to describe '整套', which means 'entire' or 'whole', indicating that the entirety of the suit is being referred to.
我们整晚都在讨论这个问题。
We discussed this issue the whole night.
In this example, '整' is used in '整晚', meaning 'the whole night', to refer to the entire period of the night.
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