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title: "Zhengjie Meaning: 整洁 (clean and tidy) or 症结 (crux)?"
description: "整洁 (traditional 整潔, zhěngjié) means “clean and tidy; neat”. Not the zhengjie you heard? See 症结. Hear its tones, see what 整 and 洁 each mean and a real sentence that uses it."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/zhengjie"
published: "2026-10-21"
updated: "2026-11-06"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
---

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# What does 整洁 mean?

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整洁 zhěngjié

## clean and tidy; neat

## Its characters

1. 整 zhěng to tidy
2. 洁 jié clean

## In a sentence

她的房间总是很整洁。 Her room is always neat and tidy.

[More about 整洁](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%95%B4%E6%B4%81)

## Other words said zhengjie

- [症结zhēngjiécrux](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%97%87%E7%BB%93)

## More words with 整 or 洁

- [纯洁 chúnjié](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/chunjie)
- [洁净 jiéjìng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/jiejing)
- [清洁 qīngjié](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/qingjie)
- [调整 tiáozhěng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/tiaozheng)
- [完整 wánzhěng](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/wanzheng)
- [整顿 zhěngdùn](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/zhengdun)
- [整个 zhěnggè](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/zhengge)
- [整合 zhěnghé](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/zhenghe)
- [整理 zhěnglǐ](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/zhengli)
- [整齐 zhěngqí](https://mandarinthewild.com/meaning/zhengqi)

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