Meaning of 整天
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- all day long
- whole day
How to use 整天
整天 often goes before a verb to say someone does something all day, and it can carry a slightly complaining tone. Example: 他整天玩手机。(Tā zhěngtiān wán shǒujī.) He plays on his phone all day long.
整 (zhěng) means whole or complete, and 天 (tiān) means day. Put them together and you get the whole day, from morning to night.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 整天天 or put 整天 after the verb like English "all day" at the end of a sentence. In Chinese it usually comes before the verb: 我整天在家 (wǒ zhěngtiān zài jiā), not 我在家整天.
整天 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
整 zhěng · whole · 16 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
天 tiān · day · 4 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
Related words
Words that share a character with 整天.
| 今天 | jīntiān | today; the present time; now |
| 明天 | míngtiān | tomorrow |
| 昨天 | zuótiān | yesterday |
| 天气 | tiānqì | weather |
| 白天 | báitiān | daytime; during the day |
| 星期天 | xīngqītiān | Sunday |
| 后天 | hòutiān | the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experie |
| 半天 | bàntiān | half of the day; a long time |
| 前天 | qiántiān | the day before yesterday |
| 夏天 | xiàtiān | summer |
| 春天 | chūntiān | spring (season) |
| 冬天 | dōngtiān | winter |
Questions about 整天
What does 整天 mean?
整天 (zhěngtiān) means "all day long; whole day" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 整天?
整天 is made of 2 characters: 整 (16 strokes), 天 (4 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.
Is 整天 an HSK word?
Yes. 整天 is on the HSK 3 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 整天 and 一整天?
一整天 (yī zhěngtiān) stresses one specific full day, like 我工作了一整天 (I worked for a whole day). 整天 more often describes a habit, meaning someone does something all day, every day.
Is 整天 the same as 每天?
No. 每天 (měitiān) means every day, while 整天 means all day long. 他整天睡觉 suggests he sleeps the whole day, often as a repeated habit, which sounds stronger than 他每天睡觉.