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The Chinese word zongli - 总理 - zǒnglǐ
(premier in Chinese)
Phonetic transcription (Hanyu Pinyin)
zǒnglǐ
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(Mandarin = standard Chinese without accent)
Note: In this special case, one of the tones is pronounced differently than the (written) Pinyin phonetic transcription indicates. This phenomenon is called Tone sandhi.
English translations
premier,
prime minister
Chinese characters:
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总理 ( zongli / zǒnglǐ ) in traditional characters
總理
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 总理 ( zongli / zǒnglǐ ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Zongli fangwenle Deguo.
Zǒnglǐ fǎngwènle Déguó.– English translation: The premier visited Germany.
Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
chief | to manage
总理 ( zongli / zǒnglǐ ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 659)
总理 ( zongli / zǒnglǐ ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 659)
Chinese words containing the word 总理 ( zongli / zǒnglǐ ) :
Zhōu zǒnglǐ ( 周总理 : premier Zhou )
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