整理

• 拼音: zhěng lǐ
• 汉字拆解: 整 = 束 + 攵 + 正, meaning 'to put in order'; 理 = 王 (jade) + 里 (inside), originally meaning 'to polish jade,' now 'to manage'

含义

To tidy up; to organise; to sort out. Refers to putting things in order or arranging them neatly.

Used for both physical organising (整理房间 = tidy the room, 整理行李 = pack luggage) and abstract sorting (整理思路 = organise one's thoughts, 整理资料 = sort materials). More formal than 收拾, which is more colloquial.

例句

1. 妈妈让我整理自己的房间。
2. 出发前别忘了整理行李。
3. 她花了一个小时整理会议的资料。

用法指南

语境: home, work, study

语气: practical

正确说法

• 我需要整理一下桌子。(I need to tidy up the desk.)
• 请把这些文件整理好。(Please sort out these documents.)

错误说法

• 我去整理一下垃圾。(For throwing away trash, use 扔 or 倒 — 整理 implies organizing, not discarding)

起源与历史

整 (to put in order) + 理 (to manage, to organize). Together: to arrange and manage things into order.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal