整个

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 整个城市都停电了。▶ —
   The entire city lost power.
2. 他整个下午都在看书。▶ —
   He spent the whole afternoon reading.

Collocations

Mnemonic

整 zhěng "whole/complete" + 个 gè "a unit": a complete unit = the whole/entire. Same 整 as in 整理 (to tidy/arrange).

Related

Quick check

1. What does 整个城市 mean?

   • the whole city
   • part of the city
   • a clean city
   • each city