整整

zhěng zhěng HSK 3ADVERB

Adverb10 examples

whole; full; exactly

你空等了整整一天。

nǐ kōng děngle zhěngzhěng yītiān.

You have been waiting in vain all day.

他被幽禁了整整十年。

tā bèi yōujìnle zhěngzhěng shí nián.

He was imprisoned for ten years.

到北京已经整整三年了。

dào Běijīng yǐjīng zhěngzhěng sānnián le.

It's been three years since I arrived in Beijing.

没劲透了，都工作整整七个小时了！

Méijìn tòule, dōu gōngzuò zhěngzhěng qī gè xiǎoshíliǎo!

It’s so boring, I’ve been working for seven full hours!

我整整等了一个小时。

wǒ zhěngzhěng děngle yīgè xiǎoshí.

I waited for an hour.

他整整写了三页纸。

tā zhěngzhěng xiěle sān yè zhǐ.

He wrote three complete pages.

老师拖堂拖了整整一个小时。

lǎoshī tuōtáng tuōle zhěngzhěng yīgè xiǎoshí.

The teacher dragged the class for a whole hour.

雨下了整整三个小时。

yǔ xiàle zhěngzhěng sān gè xiǎoshí.

It rained solidly for three hours.

他整整睡了十个小时。

tā zhěngzhěng shuìle shí gè xiǎoshí.

He slept solidly for ten hours.

他喝了整整一瓶酒。

tā hēle zhěngzhěng yī píng jiǔ.

He drank a whole bottle of wine.