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总之

zǒng zhī

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 總之

总之 (zǒng zhī) means "in a word, in short (discourse connector)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 总之 means

1. in a word
2. in short
3. in brief

The characters in 总之

• 总zǒng(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her

Example sentences

• 总之它是个很棒的派对。
  Zǒngzhī tā shì gè hěn bàng de pàiduì.
  In short, it was a great party.

Where 总之 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Emphasis, Intensity & Repetition (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zǒng zhī correctly.
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