总要 meaning in English

zǒngyào

nevertheless

Traditional 總要18 strokes

Meaning of 总要

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zǒngyào
  1. nevertheless

总要 in example sentences

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

他tā说shuō英yīng文wén时shí总zǒng要yào出chū一yì点diǎn的de错cuò。
He never speaks English without making a few mistakes.
你nǐ为wèi什shén么me总zǒng要yào大dà叫jiào?
Why are you always shouting?
晚wǎn饭fàn后hòu,我wǒ总zǒng要yào休xiū息xī一yí个gè小xiǎo时shí。
I always rest for an hour after dinner.
我wǒ睡shuì觉jiào前qián总zǒng要yào洗xǐ个gè澡zǎo。
I always take a bath before going to bed.
我wǒ们men总zǒng要yào遵zūn守shǒu法fǎ律lǜ。
We should always obey laws.

Stroke order for each character

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总 zǒng · general · 9 strokes

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要 yào · to want · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 总要.

重要zhòngyàoimportant; significant; major
不要bùyàodon't!; must not
只要zhǐyàoso long as; provided; if
就要jiùyàowill; shall
要求yāoqiúto request; to require
主要zhǔyàomain; principal; major; primary
快要kuàiyàonearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
需要xūyàoto need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
要是yàoshi(coll.) if
总是zǒngshìalways
必要bìyàonecessary; essential
总结zǒngjiéto sum up; to conclude

Questions about 总要

What does 总要 mean?

总要 (zǒngyào) means "nevertheless".

How do you write 总要?

总要 is made of 2 characters: 总 (9 strokes), 要 (9 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

How is 总要 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 总要 is written 總要.