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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 总而言之

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
总而言之 zǒng ér yán zhī - in short
- in a word
- in brief

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 8 13,426 26,218 26,315

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zǒng- general; overall
- to sum up
- in every case; always; invariably
- anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later
- surely
- (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
ér- and
- as well as
- and so
- but (not)
- yet (not)
- (indicates causal relation)
- (indicates change of state)
- (indicates contrast)
yán- words
- speech
- to say
- to talk
zhī- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
- him
- her
- it

Other Words Containing 总而言之

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
总而言之 6 8 13,426 26,218 26,315