一
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Generally speaking in Chinese: 一般来说 (yī bān lái shuō)

yī bān lái shuō

generally speaking

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 一般來說1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1generally speaking

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一
般
来
说

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ㄧ

yī

ㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄅㄢ

bān

ㄅ/ bㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄌㄞˊ

lái

ㄌ/ lㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

ㄕㄨㄛ

shuō

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

一般来说

Simplified

一般來說

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 一般来说，早上的空气比较新鲜。

    yì bān lái shuō， zǎo shàng de kōng qì bǐ jiào xīn xiān。

    Generally speaking, the morning air is fresher.

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Related words

来

lái

to come

一

yī

one

说

shuō

to speak

说话

shuō huà

to speak

第一

dì yī

first

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

一般

yī bān

same

一边

yī biān

one side

一定

yī dìng

surely

一共

yī gòng

altogether

一样

yī yàng

same

一直

yī zhí

straight (in a straight line)

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