整齐

整齊

zhěngqí

adjective HSK 3 #9,465

Meanings

他的字写得很整齐。

Tā de zì xiě de hěn zhěngqí.

His handwriting is very neat.

房间打扫得整整齐齐的。

Fángjiān dǎsǎo de zhěngzhěngqíqí de.

The room was cleaned up neat and tidy.

请把书排列整齐。

Qǐng bǎ shū páiliè zhěngqí.

Please arrange the books neatly.

grammar

The reduplicated form 整整齐齐 (zhěngzhěng qíqí) is more vivid and emphatic, often used as a complement with 得.

usage

整齐 describes visual orderliness — things lined up evenly, handwriting that is uniform, clothing that looks tidy.

整 zhěng

齐 qí