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组织組織 zǔzhīto organize, to arrange, to put together (an event, a group)

zǔzhī (third tone, dipping)zu3zhi1

Traditional: 組織

to organize, to arrange, to put together (an event, a group)

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Meanings

  1. to organize, to arrange, to put together (an event, a group)

    To bring people or parts together into a working whole — a trip, a party, a team. It is the verb behind every "someone made this happen" sentence: 学校组织了一次旅游, the school organized a trip; a class doesn’t just happen, someone 组织 it.

    verb
  2. an organization, a body

    noun

Example sentences

  • 学校组织学生去公园爬山。學校組織學生去公園爬山。Xuéxiào (second tone, rising) zǔzhī (third tone, dipping) xuésheng (second tone, rising) (fourth tone, falling) gōngyuán (first tone, high and level) páshān. (second tone, rising)···

    The school organized for students to go hiking in the park.

  • 这是一个帮助学生的组织。這是一個幫助學生的組織。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) (second tone, rising) ge (neutral tone) bāngzhù (first tone, high and level) xuésheng (second tone, rising) de (neutral tone) zǔzhī. (third tone, dipping)···

    This is an organization that helps students.

Common mistakes

  • Not quite他是一个很组织的人。

    Correct他做事很认真,安排得很好。

    组织 is a verb (to organize) or a noun (an organization) — it is not an adjective describing a tidy, methodical person. Someone well-organized in that sense is 认真, or is said to 安排得很好.