總而言之
ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄦˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ
“in short; in a word; in brief; to sum up; all in all.”
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總
ㄗㄨㄥˇ
Overall; general; to sum up; to bind together; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; to collect.
而
ㄦˊ
A conjunction connecting clauses or phrases; indicates addition, contrast, or a causal relationship; also used to indicate a change of state.
言
ㄧㄢˊ
Words; speech; to say; to talk; to speak; to state; to tell; to ask.
之
ㄓ
Possessive particle, similar to 的; pronoun for him, her, it, them; verb meaning to go; preposition indicating location or relation.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 之後ㄓ ㄏㄡˋafter; afterwards; since then; later; from that time on.
- 而且ㄦˊ ㄑㄧㄝˇmoreover; furthermore; in addition; also; used to add another point or strengthen a previous statement
- 總統ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇpresident of a country; head of state; in Taiwan, directly elected for a four-year term and commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
- 之間ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢbetween; among; amid; used after nouns or certain bisyllabic words to indicate a short period of time
- 之前ㄓ ㄑㄧㄢˊbefore; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand; earlier than a given time.
- 而是ㄦˊ ㄕˋrather; instead; used to contrast or correct, introducing the true or preferred alternative
- 然而ㄖㄢˊ ㄦˊhowever; but; yet; used to introduce a contrasting or unexpected idea.
- 總是ㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄕˋalways; at all times; invariably; without exception
- 反而ㄈㄢˇ ㄦˊon the contrary; used to introduce an unexpected or opposite result; instead.
- 之外ㄓ ㄨㄞˋoutside; beyond; excluding; other than; apart from.
- 語言ㄩˇ ㄧㄢˊlanguage; system of spoken or written communication used by a community; speech.
- 而已ㄦˊ ㄧˇused at the end of a sentence to mean 'that's all'; merely; nothing more; just