Generally, Japanese people are shy.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
一般而言
generally speaking
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
generally speaking
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 一般而言 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 一般而言 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
Normally speaking, Chinese people consider rice to be an important food; the majority of Westerners consider fast food to be an important food.
No published English translation for this sentence.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 一般而言
What does 一般而言 mean in Chinese?
一般而言 (yībānéryán) means generally speaking.
How do you pronounce 一般而言?
一般而言 is pronounced yībānéryán.
Is 一般而言 an HSK word?
一般而言 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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