On the whole I am satisfied with the result.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
总的来说
generally speaking
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
generally speaking
02
to sum up
03
in summary
04
in short
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 总的来说 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 总的来说 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
Overall, the movie was a success from script to screen.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 总的来说.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 总的来说.
Directly before
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
Directly after
- 总的来说运气1
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 总的来说
What does 总的来说 mean in Chinese?
总的来说 (zǒngdeláishuō) means generally speaking.
How do you pronounce 总的来说?
总的来说 is pronounced zǒngdeláishuō.
Is 总的来说 an HSK word?
总的来说 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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