Overall in Chinese
overall · HSK 5
全面
- 全 whole
- 面 face
我们需要全面了解这个问题。 We need a comprehensive understanding of this problem.
Other ways to say overall
More words with 全 or 面
How do you say overall in Chinese?
Overall in Chinese is 全面 (quán miàn). You can also say 总体 (zǒng tǐ), 总 (zǒng), 整体 (zhěng tǐ).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from our own dictionary. Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.