全部 and 整个
watyamacallit
May 14, 2011, 03:16 AM posted in I Have a QuestionWhat is the difference between 全部 and 整个 ?
watyamacallit
OK, what you have described is what I previously understood as the difference between 所有 and 整个. So I have to ask now, what is the difference between 全部 and 所有 ?
xiaophil
As far as I know they are about the same. I seem to recall some minor differences, but I can't remember. I think there might be a qingwen on this.
watyamacallit
May 17, 2011, 06:08 AMDoes Chinese Pod have anything to add? 3 words now: 全部, 整个 and 所有. I had the difference between 整个 and 所有 explained recently, so how does 全部 fit in?
ntfs200
June 12, 2011, 05:25 PMBoth 整 and 个 go hand in hand, the same logic applies to 所有.
While 全 can be used separately, eg: 全中國. (=The entire/whole China). eg:全世界.
全部 generally has the same meaning as 所有, like 所有人 and 全部的人.
Jerry
xiaophil
May 14, 2011, 08:45 AM全部 generally means "all of (them)," 'them' being a quantity, more than one.
整个 generally means "the entire (something)," 'something' being one thing, i.e. 100% of of a single thing. Note: when 整 is followed by 个, there is an implied 一 there.
Or so I have it in my head. I kind of feel that there might be some grey area shared by these two, but I'm not sure off hand.