Meaning of 总而言之
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
zǒng'éryánzhī
- in short
- in a word
- in brief
总而言之 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
总而言之，生命是很短的。
In a word, life is short.
Stroke order for each character
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总 zǒng · general · 9 strokes
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而 ér · and · 6 strokes
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言 yán · words · 7 strokes
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之 zhī · possessive particle · 3 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 总而言之.
| 而且 | érqiě | (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore |
| 语言 | yǔyán | language |
| 总是 | zǒngshì | always |
| 发言 | fāyán | to make a speech; statement |
| 总结 | zǒngjié | to sum up; to conclude |
| 之前 | zhīqián | before; prior to |
| 之后 | zhīhòu | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then |
| 总统 | zǒngtǒng | president (of a country) |
| 之间 | zhījiān | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressi |
| 之一 | zhīyī | one of (sth); one out of a multitude |
| 而是 | ér shì | rather |
| 总之 | zǒngzhī | in a word; in short |
Questions about 总而言之
What does 总而言之 mean?
总而言之 (zǒng'éryánzhī) means "in short; in a word".
How do you write 总而言之?
总而言之 is made of 4 characters: 总 (9 strokes), 而 (6 strokes), 言 (7 strokes), 之 (3 strokes). That is 25 strokes in total.
Is 总而言之 an HSK word?
Yes. 总而言之 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 总而言之 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 总而言之 is written 總而言之.