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The Chinese word zongzhi - 总之 - zǒngzhī
(in a word in Chinese)



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Phonetic transcription (Hanyu Pinyin)

zǒngzhī

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English translations

in a word,
in brief, all in all, in short, overall

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Chinese characters  ( zongzhi / zǒngzhī ) with pronunciation (English translation: in a word )

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总之 ( zongzhi / zǒngzhī ) is composed of these characters: 总 (zong) , 之 (zhi)
总之 ( zongzhi / zǒngzhī ) in traditional characters
總之
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 总之 ( zongzhi / zǒngzhī ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
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Zongzhi, women mingtian zai shuo.
Zǒngzhī, wǒmen míngtiān zài shuō.
 – English translation: In short, let's talk about it tomorrow.

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总之 ( zongzhi / zǒngzhī ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 797)

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