Chinese word

整个

Pronunciation

Pinyinzhěng gè

Meaning

  • adverbentire

Example

他把蛋糕整个吃掉了。tā bǎ dàn gāo zhěng gè chī diào le

He ate the entire cake.

Illustration for 整个 (entire)

More examples

我把房间整个收拾好了。wǒ bǎ fáng jiān zhěng gè shōu shí hǎo le

I tidied up the entire room.

Core concept

A thing held together as one full, undivided whole.

Common phrases

  • 把蛋糕整个吃完bǎ dàn gāo zhěng gè chī wán

    eat the entire cake

  • 把房间整个收拾好bǎ fáng jiān zhěng gè shōu shí hǎo

    tidy up the entire room

  • 把事情整个忘记了bǎ shì qíng zhěng gè wàng jì le

    forget the whole thing

Similar words

全部quán bù: Including every item or part in a set, with nothing left out.
都dōu: Applying to every member within a stated group or range.

Definition in Chinese

表示把某物当作一个整体来看待，或动作完全作用于该整体，包含完整无遗漏的含义，可置于名词前或动词前以强调整体性。biǎo shì bǎ mǒu wù dàng zuò yí gè zhéng tǐ lái kàn dài huò dòng zuò wán quán zuò yòng yú gāi zhéng tǐ bāo hán wán zhěng wú yí lòu de hán yì kě zhì yú míng cí qián huò dòng cí qián yǐ qiáng diào zhéng tǐ xìng

Word origin

整个 (zhěnggè, "entire") joins 整 (zhěng, "complete") to 个 (gè, "individual unit"), so an individual unit is viewed as complete rather than as separate parts.

Usage tips

  • In everyday speech, this word gives a noun a single all-or-nothing scope, which helps distinguish the whole object from only some of its parts.

Other meanings

  • alladjective
  • wholenoun

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