Chinese

整理

/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
to arrange; to straighten out; to put in order; to tidy up; to sort out
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 5

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  • characterChinese整 “to gather; to assemble”
    • meaningChinese敕 “(from superior to subordinate) to admonish; to command”
      • ideaChinese柬 “letter; note; invitation”
        • ideaChinese束 “to bind; to tie up”
        • ideaChinese八 “eight”
      • ideaChinese攴 “to hit lightly; to tap”
    • soundChinese正 “straight; upright in proper position; middle”
      • soundChinese丁 “the fourth of the ten heavenly stems”
      • meaningChinese止 “foot”
  • characterChinese理 “to cut and polish jade”
    • meaningChinese玉 “jade (originally nephrite, now also including jadeite)”
    • soundChinese里 “li (a unit of distance equal to half a kilometre in modern Mainland China)”
      • ideaChinese田 “farmland (Classifier: 塊／块 m c)”
      • ideaChinese土 “earth; soil”

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