HSK · Level 15
135 words
Chinese word
整洁
Pronunciation
Pinyinzhěng jié
Meaning
- adjectiveneat
Example
你的衣服看起来很整洁。nǐ de yī fú kàn qǐ lái hěn zhěng jié
Your clothes look very neat.
More examples
她把房间打扫得很整洁。tā bǎ fáng jiān dá sǎo de hěn zhěng jié
She cleaned the room so that it was very tidy.
Core concept
A clean, orderly appearance in which nothing looks out of place.
Common phrases
保持整洁bǎo chí zhěng jié
maintain neatness
整洁的房间zhěng jié de fáng jiān
tidy room
整洁的外观zhěng jié de wài guān
tidy appearance
Similar words
干净gān jìng: Free from dirt, dust, or other unwanted marks on the surface.
整齐zhěng qí: Neatly arranged in the right places, without disorder or things lying out of place.
清洁qīng jié: Cleaned and kept hygienic by removing dirt and harmful germs.
有序yǒu xù: Arranged according to a clear order or system, with each part in its proper place.
Definition in Chinese
外表或环境没有杂乱，排列有序且干净。wài biǎo huò huán jìng méi yǒu zá luàn pái liè yǒu xù qiě gān jìng
Word origin
整洁 (zhěngjié, "neat") combines 整 (zhěng, "put in order") and 洁 (jié, "clean"), joining arrangement with cleanliness in one word.
Usage tips
- In everyday conversation, this adjective can evaluate a whole setting at once, including how its parts are arranged and how well kept they look.
Other meanings
- cleanadjective
- orderlyadjective
Opposites
- 凌乱líng luànmessyadjective
- 杂乱zá luànclutteredadjective
Related words
- 整洁度zhěng jié dùdegree of neatnessnoun
- 整洁化zhěng jié huàmake neatverb