HSK 3 · Time Words

整天

zhěng tiān

all day

Stroke order of 整天

2 characters, 20 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

整 · 16 strokes 天 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

Whole 整 plus 天, the sky above: the entire span of sky-time.

Parts: 整 whole + 天 day/sky

The characters in 整天

整 zhěng — whole; exactly (16 strokes)
天 tiān — day; sky (4 strokes)

Example sentence

他整天都在看书。

He reads books all day.

Words with 整

整整whole; fully 整whole; exactly 整个whole; entire 整体whole; as a whole 完整complete; intact 整齐neat; tidy 调整to adjust 整理to tidy up; to sort out

Words with 天

今天today 明天tomorrow 昨天yesterday 后天day after tomorrow 前天day before yesterday 天day; sky 星期天Sunday 白天daytime 半天half a day; a long time 天气weather 晴天sunny day 阴天overcast day 春天spring 夏天summer 秋天autumn 冬天winter 天上in the sky 天空sky

More words: Time Words

钟clock; bell 时time; hour; when 时代era; age 时刻moment; always 世纪century 年代decade; era 年初beginning of the year 年底end of the year 后年year after next 近期near future; recently 短期short-term 长期long-term 定期regular; periodic 期period; issue 当初at first; originally 从前before; in the past

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