HSK 6 · Work

整顿 zhěngdùn “to rectify” in Chinese

Traditional 整頓

What 整顿 means

  1. to rectify
  2. to reorganise
  3. to consolidate
  4. to tidy up

How to say 整顿

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale整zhěng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale顿dùn4th tone, falling

整顿 in a sentence

  1. 新经理来了以后，公司进行了整顿。

    Xīn jīnglǐ lái le yǐhòu, gōngsī jìnxíng le zhěngdùn.

    After the new manager arrived, the company was reorganised.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这条街的交通需要整顿。

    Zhè tiáo jiē de jiāotōng xūyào zhěngdùn.

    The traffic on this street needs to be sorted out.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 整顿 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 整 (zhěng) with each of its parts in a different colour
整zhěngwhole; complete; entire; whole; exactly
  • 敕an imperial order or decree · chìMeaning part
  • 正straight · zhēngSound part

敕 hints at the meaning (an imperial order or decree); 正 (zhēng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhěng.

The character 顿 (dùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
顿dùnto stop
  • 屯village · túnSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 屯 (tún) hints at the sound. Compare it with dùn.

How to write 整顿

整 16 strokes · 顿 10 strokes

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整顿 (zhěngdùn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 整顿 (zhěngdùn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 整顿

Words with 整

整zhěng · whole整理zhěnglǐ · to arrange调整tiáozhěng · to adjust完整wánzhěng · complete整齐zhěngqí · orderly整体zhěngtǐ · whole整个zhěnggè · whole

Words with 顿

顿dùn · measure word for meals顿时dùnshí · immediately停顿tíngdùn · to pause

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FAQs

整顿 (zhěngdùn) means “to rectify” or “to reorganise”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhěngdùn: zhěng with a 3rd tone, then dùn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 整顿 is written 整頓. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhengdun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 整顿 from the suggestions. Typing zhengdun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
整顿 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.