Usage note
齐表示整齐、同时、一样高或全部到齐。
qí biǎo shì zhěng qí 、 tóng shí 、 yí yàng gāo huò quán bù dào qí。
齐 means neat, level, together, or all present.
Context note
齐常用于队伍、桌子、声音和人数。
qí cháng yòng yú duì wu 、 zhuō zi 、 shēng yīn hé rén shù。
It is often used with lines, tables, sound, and people.
5 examples
大家都到齐了。
dà jiā dōu dào qí le。
Everyone has arrived.
桌子摆得很齐。
zhuō zi bǎi dé hěn qí。
The tables are arranged neatly.
声音很齐。
shēng yīn hěn qí。
The voices are in unison.
请把书放齐。
qǐng bǎ shū fàng qí。
Please line up the books neatly.
队伍站得很齐。
duì wu zhàn dé hěn qí。
The line is standing neatly together.
5 mini stories
上课前，学生们都到齐了。
shàng kè qián， xué shēng men dōu dào qí le。
Before class, all the students had arrived.
他把桌上的东西摆齐。
tā bǎ zhuō shàng de dōng xī bǎi qí。
He lined up the things on the table.
大家齐声说谢谢。
dà jiā qí shēng shuō xiè xiè。
Everyone said thank you in unison.
一家人到齐后，开始吃饭。
yì jiā rén dào qí hòu， kāi shǐ chī fàn。
After the family gathered, they started eating.
这排椅子看起来很齐。
zhè pái yǐ zi kàn qǐ lái hěn qí。
This row of chairs looks very neat.
Mini dialogue
整理书桌
A
你的书桌真齐！
Nǐ de shūzhuō zhēn qí!
Your desk is really neat!
B
谢谢，我每天都会整理。
Xièxie, wǒ měitiān dōu huì zhěnglǐ.
Thanks, I tidy it up every day.
排队
A
请大家排齐队伍。
Qǐng dàjiā pái qí duìwǔ.
Please line up neatly.
B
好的，我们站齐了。
Hǎo de, wǒmen zhàn qí le.
Okay, we are standing neatly.
Related words and contrasts
similar
整齐
zhěngqí
tidy
齐 and 整齐 both mean neat or orderly.
opposite
乱
luàn
messy
乱 is the opposite of 齐.
similar
整洁
zhěngjié
clean and tidy
整洁 emphasizes cleanliness along with neatness.