# 总而言之 (zǒng'éryánzhī)

In Mandarin Chinese, 总而言之 (zǒng'éryánzhī) means “in short; in brief”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: in short; in brief
- Pinyin: zǒng'éryánzhī (zong3 er2 yan2 zhi1)
- Traditional: 總而言之
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 总而言之，这个方案很可行。
  Zǒng'éryánzhī, zhège fāng'àn hěn kěxíng.
  In short, this plan is very feasible.

## Characters

- [总](https://hanziro.com/word/zong-always/) (zǒng): always; general
- [而](https://hanziro.com/word/er-and-as-well/) (ér): (conj.) and, as well as; (conj.) but, yet
- 言 (yán): words; speech
- [之](https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-possessive-marker/) (zhī): (particle) possessive marker; him, her, it

https://hanziro.com/word/zong-er-yan-zhi-in-short/

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