Why are you always shouting?
总要
nevertheless
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Meaning and common use
nevertheless
How 总要 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 总要 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I always take a bath before going to bed.
He never speaks English without making a few mistakes.
Words that keep company with 总要.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 总要.
Directly before
- 前总要1
- 时总要1
- 我总要1
- 麽总要1
Directly after
- 总要洗个1
- 总要出1
- 总要有1
- 总要休息1
- 总要大叫1
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.
About 总要
What does 总要 mean in Chinese?
总要 (zǒngyào) means nevertheless.
How do you pronounce 总要?
总要 is pronounced zǒngyào.
Is 总要 an HSK word?
总要 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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