整天
HSK 3 (2021)
整天 (zhěngtiān) · all day long
整天 (zhěngtiān) means “all day long”. It is written with 2 characters: 整 (whole) + 天 (day). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 整天 is built
The characters
整 zhěng · whole
What 整 is made of
- 敕chì — an imperial order or decree
- 束shù — to bind
- 木mù — tree
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 攵pū — to rap
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 束shù — to bind
- 正zhèng — first month of the lunar year
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 止zhǐ — to stop
- 上shàng — above
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: 敕 gives the meaning, 正 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
天 tiān · day
What 天 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: The heavens 一 above a man 大 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他整天在家看电视。Tā zhěngtiān zài jiā kàn diànshì.He watches TV at home all day long.
你为什么整天不高兴？Nǐ wèishénme zhěngtiān bù gāoxìng?Why are you unhappy all day?
Questions about 整天
What does 整天 mean?
整天 (zhěngtiān) means “all day long”.
How do you pronounce 整天?
整天 is pronounced zhěngtiān.
Which HSK level is 整天?
整天 is in HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 调整tiáozhěngto adjust
- 完整wánzhěngcomplete
- 整个zhěnggèwhole
- 整理zhěnglǐto tidy up
- 整齐zhěngqíneat
- 整体zhěngtǐwhole
- 整整zhěngzhěngwhole
- 整顿zhěngdùnto reorganise
- 整zhěngwhole
- 白天báitiāndaytime
Learn 整天 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 12: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.