严格来说 meaning in English

yángéláishuō

strictly speaking

Traditional 嚴格來說33 strokes

Meaning of 严格来说

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yángéláishuō
  1. strictly speaking

严格来说 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

严yán格gé来lái说shuō,地dì球qiú不bú是shì圆yuán的de。
Strictly speaking, the earth is not round.
严yán格gé来lái说shuō,中zhōng文wén包bāo含hán几jǐ百bǎi种zhǒng方fāng言yán。
Strictly speaking, Chinese consists of hundreds of dialects.
严yán格gé来lái说shuō,蕃fān茄qié不bú是shì蔬shū菜cài,是shì水shuǐ果guǒ。
Strictly speaking, the tomato is not a vegetable. It's a fruit.

Stroke order for each character

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严 yán · tight · 7 strokes

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格 gé · square · 10 strokes

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来 lái · to come · 7 strokes

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说 shuō · to speak · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 严格来说.

回来huíláito return; to come back
起来qǐláito stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
出来chūláito come out; to appear
说话shuōhuàto speak; to say
进来jìnláito come in
来到láidàoto arrive; to come
过来guòláito come over; to manage
听说tīngshuōto hear (sth said); one hears (that)
带来dàiláito bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
来自láizìto come from (a place); From: (in email header)
原来yuánláioriginal; former; originally; formerly; at first
后来hòuláiafterwards; later; newly arrived

Questions about 严格来说

What does 严格来说 mean?

严格来说 (yángéláishuō) means "strictly speaking".

How do you write 严格来说?

严格来说 is made of 4 characters: 严 (7 strokes), 格 (10 strokes), 来 (7 strokes), 说 (9 strokes). That is 33 strokes in total.

How is 严格来说 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 严格来说 is written 嚴格來說.