HSK 4 · Verbs

总结 zǒngjié “to sum up” in Chinese

Traditional 總結

What 总结 means

  1. to sum up
  2. to conclude
  3. summary
  4. résumé

Measure word 个 gè · 一个总结 yí ge zǒngjié

How to say 总结

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale总zǒng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale结jié2nd tone, rising

总结 in a sentence

  1. 下课前，老师总结了今天学的内容。

    Xiàkè qián, lǎoshī zǒngjié le jīntiān xué de nèiróng.

    Before the end of class, the teacher summed up what we’d learnt today.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 每次考试以后，我都会总结一下经验。

    Měi cì kǎoshì yǐhòu, wǒ dōu huì zǒngjié yíxià jīngyàn.

    After every exam, I think over what I’ve learnt from it.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 总结 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 总 (zǒng) with each of its parts in a different colour
总zǒnggeneral; overall
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 心heart · xīn
The character 结 (jié) with each of its parts in a different colour
结jiéknot
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 吉lucky · jíSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 吉 (jí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jié.

Memory aidSilk 纟 tied into a knot. 吉 (jí) gives the sound: to tie, a knot.

How to write 总结

总 9 strokes · 结 9 strokes

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总结 (zǒngjié) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 总结 (zǒngjié). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 总结

Words with 总

总zǒng · always总是zǒngshì · always总裁zǒngcái · president (of a company)总理zǒnglǐ · premier总统zǒngtǒng · president (of a country)总共zǒnggòng · altogether总算zǒngsuàn · at long last总之zǒngzhī · in a word总和zǒnghé · sum总而言之zǒng'éryánzhī · in short

Words with 结

结婚jiéhūn · get married结束jiéshù · to end结果jiéguǒ · result结合jiéhé · to combine结实jiēshi · sturdy结账jiézhàng · to pay the bill结构jiégòu · structure结论jiélùn · conclusion巴结bājie · to fawn on冻结dòngjié · to freeze (assets

More words: Thinking & Talking

阅读yuèdú · to read证明zhèngmíng · proof支持zhīchí · to support重视zhòngshì · to take seriously尊重zūnzhòng · to esteem报道bàodào · to report (news)保留bǎoliú · to keep抱怨bàoyuàn · to complain

FAQs

总结 (zǒngjié) means “to sum up” or “to conclude”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it zǒngjié: zǒng with a 3rd tone, then jié with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 总结 is written 總結. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one to sum up is 一个总结 (yí ge zǒngjié).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zongjie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 总结 from the suggestions. Typing zongjie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
总结 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.