整理

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhěnglǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˇ ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing² lei⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chṳ́n-lî

(Hailu, HRS): zhin^ˊ li^ˋ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chéng-lí

(Teochew, Peng'im): zian² li²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhěnglǐ [Phonetic: zhénglǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˇ ㄌㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhěnglǐ
  - Wade–Giles: chêng³-li³
  - Yale: jěng-lǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeenglii
  - Palladius: чжэнли (čžɛnli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing² lei⁵
  - Yale: jíng léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing² lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing² léi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³⁵ lei̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́n-lî
  - Hakka Romanization System: ziin^ˋ li^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zin³ li¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn³¹ li²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zhin^ˊ li^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃin²⁴⁻³³ li⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chéng-lí
  - Tâi-lô: tsíng-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zefnglie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ li⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zian² li²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiáⁿ lí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩã⁵²⁻³⁵ li⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

整理

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
to collate (files, data, etc.)
古籍整理 ― gǔjí zhěnglǐ ― collation of ancient texts
- 我國經典，未經整理，讀起來特別難，一般人往往望而生畏，結果是敬而遠之。 [MSC, trad.]
  我国经典，未经整理，读起来特别难，一般人往往望而生畏，结果是敬而远之。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1942, 朱自清 (Zhu Ziqing), 經典常談
  Wǒguó jīngdiǎn, wèijīng zhěnglǐ, dú qǐlái tèbié nán, yībānrén wǎngwǎng wàng'érshēngwèi, jiéguǒ shì jìng'éryuǎnzhī. [Pinyin]
  Chinese classics are difficult to read uncollated. Ordinary people are often terrified by the sight of them, and prefer to remain at a respectful distance.

Synonyms

(to arrange): 清理 (qīnglǐ), (colloquial) 拾掇 (shíduo), 收拾 (shōushi), 梳理 (shūlǐ)

Dialectal synonyms of 收拾 (“to tidy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		收拾, 整理, 清理
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	收拾, 整理
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	收拾, 整理
Southern Min	Taipei	抾 GT
Southern Min	Singapore (Hokkien)	抾
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Derived terms

整理本 (zhěnglǐběn)

Related terms

整飭／整饬 (zhěngchì)

Adjective

整理

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

Synonyms

edit

整飭 / 整饬 (zhěngchì)
整齊 / 整齐 (zhěngqí)
有條理 / 有条理 (yǒu tiáolǐ)
板正 (bǎnzhèng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (整理):

→ Japanese: 整理(せいり) (seiri)
→ Korean: 정리(整理) (jeongni)

References

“整理”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーり [séꜜèrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [se̞ːɾʲi]

Noun

整(せい)理(り) • (seiri)

organizing something in orderly fashion
corporate downsizing; dissolution
人(じん)員(いん)整(せい)理(り) ― jin'inseiri ― reduction of personnel

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))

straighten, organize, coordinate
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)

hanja form^? of 정리 (“arrangement”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
整	理

Verb

整理

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