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总之 (zǒng zhī) – in a word

zǒng zhī

in a word

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 總之2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1in a word
  2. 2in short
  3. 3in brief

Simplified & traditional

总之

Simplified

總之

Traditional

Example sentences

See 总之 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 总之，下一步是要决定我们下一步应该做什么。

    zǒng zhī ， xià yí bù shì yào jué dìng wǒ men xià yí bù yīng gāi zuò shén me 。

    In conclusion, the next step is to decide what we should do for the next step.

  • 演讲者不熟悉他的主题，说得又不好，总之，他很糟糕。

    yǎn jiǎng zhě bù shú xī tā de zhǔ tí ， shuō dé yòu bù hǎo ， zǒng zhī ， tā hěn zāo gāo 。

    The speaker didn't know his subject, nor did he speak well; in short, he was disappointing.

Related words

之

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)

总

zǒng

general

总是

zǒng shì

always

分之

fēn zhī

(indicating a fraction)

总结

zǒng jié

to sum up

总裁

zǒng cái

chairman

总共

zǒng gòng

altogether

总理

zǒng lǐ

premier

总算

zǒng suàn

at long last

总统

zǒng tǒng

president (of a country)

之后

zhī hòu

after

之间

zhī jiān

(after a noun) between

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