Word information
Simplified总之
Traditional總之
Pinyinzǒngzhī
Part of speech连
HSK 3.05
HSK 2.05
Character breakdown
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How to learn 总之
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Related vocabulary
Words with the same characters
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之zhī
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it
总zǒng(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
总是zǒngshìalways
之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
之后zhīhòuafter; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
之间zhījiān(after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])