整个 zhěnggè whole
whole; entire; total
怎么记住“整个”: 整 entire + 个 general measure word = whole.
汉字
用法
- Attributive modifier placed directly before a noun, no 的 needed: 整个下午 (zhěnggè xiàwǔ) - the whole afternoon.
- Common with time words, places, and processes: 整个城市 (zhěnggè chéngshì) - the whole city; 整个过程 (zhěnggè guòchéng) - the entire process.
- Compare 全 (quán): 全 pairs with abstract or collective nouns like 全国 (quánguó, whole country) and works as an adverb "entirely," while 整个 stresses one continuous unit like a block of time or a defined space.
- 整 alone (without 个) means neat/tidy or whole in compounds like 整齐 (zhěngqí) and 整理 (zhěnglǐ) - don't confuse it with this fixed 整个.
例句
- 他把整个苹果都吃了。 Tā bǎ zhěnggè píngguǒ dōu chī le.He ate the whole apple.
- 整个世界都需要和平。 Zhěnggè shìjiè dōu xūyào hépíng.The entire world desires peace.
- 我整个下午都在花园里。 Wǒ zhěnggè xiàwǔ dōu zài huāyuánlǐ.I was in the garden all afternoon.