總言之

Chinese

		always; to assemble; gather always; to assemble; gather; total; overall; head; chief; general; in every case	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	's; him/her/it; this
trad. (總言之)		總	言	之
simp. (总言之)		总	言	之
alternative forms		總然之／总然之 misspelling in Cantonese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǒngyánzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung² jin⁴ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǒngyánzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǒngyánjhih
    • Wade–Giles: tsung³-yen²-chih¹
    • Yale: dzǔng-yán-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzoongyanjy
    • Palladius: цзунъяньчжи (czunʺjanʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung² jin⁴ zi¹
    • Yale: júng yìhn jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung² jin⁴ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung² yin⁴ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³⁵ jiːn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Adverb

總言之

1. (chiefly Cantonese) in sum; in short; all in all

Synonyms

• 總而言之／总而言之 (zǒng'éryánzhī)
• (Hokkien) 總講／总讲