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Generally speaking in Chinese: 总的来说 (zǒng de lái shuō)

zǒng de lái shuō

generally speaking

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 總的來說1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1generally speaking
  2. 2to sum up
  3. 3in summary
  4. 4in short

Stroke order

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总
的
来
说

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ㄗㄨㄥˇ

zǒng

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˇ/ third tone

˙ㄉㄜ

de

˙/ neutral toneㄉ/ dㄜ/ e

ㄌㄞˊ

lái

ㄌ/ lㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

ㄕㄨㄛ

shuō

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

总的来说

Simplified

總的來說

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 总的来说，今年比去年好多了。

    zǒng de lái shuō， jīn nián bǐ qù nián hǎo duō le。

    Generally speaking, this year is much better than last year.

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Related words

的

de

of

来

lái

to come

说

shuō

to speak

总

zǒng

general

说话

shuō huà

to speak

总是

zǒng shì

always

本来

běn lái

original

从来

cóng lái

always

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

将来

jiāng lái

in the future

目的

mù dì

purpose

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

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