zǒng de lái shuō

Traditional: 總的來說

HSK 7–9

总的来说 (zǒng de lái shuō) is a Chinese word meaning “generally speaking; to sum up; in summary”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 总的来说

总zǒng · (bound form) general; overall的de · of; ~'s (possessive particle)来lái · to come说shuì · to persuade

Related words

的of; ~'s (possessive particle)的a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])的really and truly的(bound form) bull's-eye; target说to persuade说to speak; to talk; to say说variant of 說|说[shuo1]来to come是的yes, that's right起来to stand up; to get up起来(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state回来to return; to come back

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