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总体

zǒng tǐ

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 總體

总体 (zǒng tǐ) means "completely; totally; total". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 总体 means

1. completely
2. totally
3. total
4. entire
5. overall
6. population (statistics)

The characters in 总体

• 总zǒng(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably
• 体tǐbody; form; style

Example sentences

• 总体上说，日本人很保守。
  Zǒngtǐshàngshuō, Rìběnrén hěn bǎoshǒu.
  On the whole, the Japanese are conservative.
• 我们必须总体地研究这事件。
  Wǒmen bìxū zǒngtǐ de yánjiū zhè shìjiàn.
  We must study the affair as a whole.
• 总体上说，日本的气候温和。
  Generally speaking, the climate of Japan is mild.

Words starting with 总体

• 总体上说zǒng tǐ shàng shuōlooking at the big picture; all in all; all things considered
• 总体目标zǒng tǐ mù biāooverall target; overall objective
• 总体规划zǒng tǐ guī huàoverall plan; master plan
• 总体经济学zǒng tǐ jīng jì xué(Taiwan) macroeconomics

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zǒng tǐ correctly.
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