整治

zhěngzhì

verb HSK 6 #33,684

Meanings

1 to regulate; to rectify; to renovate
2 to punish; to fix (a problem or a person)

Characters

whole; to put in order; to fix

to govern; to manage; to cure

To put in order and govern — cleaning up problems or bringing things under control.

Examples

政府整治了环境污染问题。

Zhèngfǔ zhěngzhì le huánjìng wūrǎn wèntí.

The government dealt with the environmental pollution issue.

这条河经过整治后变干净了。

Zhè tiáo hé jīngguò zhěngzhì hòu biàn gānjìng le.

This river became clean after renovation.

市容整治工作正在进行。

Shìróng zhěngzhì gōngzuò zhèngzài jìnxíng.

City appearance improvement work is underway.

Tips

usage

整治 has two flavors: 1) Official/positive: cleaning up rivers, streets, or pollution (environmental renovation). 2) Informal/negative: 整治某人 = to teach someone a lesson, to punish/get back at someone.

Stroke Order

整 zhěng

治 zhì