整理

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Chinese

exactly; in good order; whole
exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly
 
to manage; to heed; to put in order
to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
 
simp. and trad.
(整理) 		整 理

Pronunciation

Verb

整理

  1. to arrange; to straighten out; to put in order; to tidy up; to sort out
    整理房間／整理房间  ―  zhěnglǐ fángjiān  ―  to tidy up a room
  2. to collate (files, data, etc.)
    古籍整理  ―  gǔjí zhěnglǐ  ―  collation of ancient texts

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 收拾 (“to tidy”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 收拾, 整理, 清理
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 收拾, 整理
Singapore 收拾, 整理
Southern Min Taipei 抾 GT
Singapore (Hokkien) 抾
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

Adjective

整理

  1. (archaic) neat; tidy; in good order; orderly

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (整理):
  • → Japanese: 整理(せいり) (seiri)
  • → Korean: 정리(整理) (jeongni)

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
整 理
せい
Grade: 3 		り
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

整(せい)理(り) • (seiri) 

  1. organizing something in orderly fashion
  2. corporate downsizing; dissolution

Verb

整(せい)理(り)する • (seiri suru) suru (stem 整(せい)理(り)し (seiri shi), past 整(せい)理(り)した (seiri shita))

  1. straighten, organize, coordinate
  2. wind up, liquidate a business

Conjugation

Conjugation of "整理する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 整理し せいりし seiri shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 整理し せいりし seiri shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 整理する せいりする seiri suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 整理する せいりする seiri suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 整理すれ せいりすれ seiri sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 整理せよ¹
整理しろ² 		せいりせよ¹
せいりしろ² 		seiri seyo¹
seiri shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 整理される せいりされる seiri sareru
Causative 整理させる
整理さす 		せいりさせる
せいりさす 		seiri saseru
seiri sasu
Potential 整理できる せいりできる seiri dekiru
Volitional 整理しよう せいりしよう seiri shiyō
Negative 整理しない せいりしない seiri shinai
Negative continuative 整理せず せいりせず seiri sezu
Formal 整理します せいりします seiri shimasu
Perfective 整理した せいりした seiri shita
Conjunctive 整理して せいりして seiri shite
Hypothetical conditional 整理すれば せいりすれば seiri sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
整理

Noun

整理 • (jeongni) (hangeul 정리)

  1. hanja form? of 정리 (“arrangement”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
整理

Verb

整理

  1. chữ Hán form of chỉnh lí (“to readjust; to modify; to revise”)
  2. chữ Hán form of chỉnh lí (“to collate (especially texts or data)”)
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