# 总的来说 (zǒngdeláishuō)

In Mandarin Chinese, 总的来说 (zǒngdeláishuō) means “generally speaking; on the whole; in short”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: generally speaking; on the whole; in short
- Pinyin: zǒngdeláishuō (zong3 de5 lai2 shuo1)
- Traditional: 總的來說
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 总的来说，这次活动非常成功。
  Zǒngdeláishuō, zhè cì huódòng fēicháng chénggōng.
  Generally speaking, this event was very successful.

## Characters

- [总](https://hanziro.com/word/zong-always/) (zǒng): always; general
- [的](https://hanziro.com/word/de-possessive/) (de): (particle) possessive 's; of
- [来](https://hanziro.com/word/lai-come/) (lái): to come
- [说](https://hanziro.com/word/shuo-speak/) (shuō): to speak; to say

https://hanziro.com/word/zong-de-lai-shuo-generally-speaking/

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