总 之

zǒngzhī

conjunctionHSK 4

“In a word” in Chinese is 总之 (zǒngzhī).

Meaning

in a word
in short
in brief

Example

总之，下一步是要决定我们下一步应该做什么。

In conclusion, the next step is to decide what we should do for the next step.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

zǒngHSK 39 strokesgeneral; overall zhīHSK 43 strokes(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

More HSK 4 words

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Not to be confused with: 宗旨 (zōngzhǐ, objective)