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总结

zǒngjié

to summarize; summary

Usage note

总结表示把内容整理后说出来。

zǒng jié biǎo shì bǎ nèi róng zhěng lǐ hòu shuō chū lái。

总结 means to summarize and organize content.

Context note

总结常用于学习、会议和回顾。

zǒng jié cháng yòng yú xué xí 、 huì yì hé huí gù。

It is often used for study, meetings, and review.

5 examples

请你总结一下。
qǐng nǐ zǒng jié yí xià。
Please summarize it.
老师让大家做总结
lǎo shī ràng dà jiā zuò zǒng jié。
The teacher asked everyone to make a summary.
这篇文章的总结很清楚。
zhè piān wén zhāng de zǒng jié hěn qīng chǔ。
The summary of this article is very clear.
我们先总结重点。
wǒ men xiān zǒng jié zhòng diǎn。
Let us summarize the key points first.
他善于总结经验。
tā shàn yú zǒng jié jīng yàn。
He is good at summarizing experience.

5 mini stories

会议结束后,大家一起总结
huì yì jié shù hòu, dà jiā yì qǐ zǒng jié。
After the meeting ended, everyone summarized together.
她把今天学的内容总结下来。
tā bǎ jīn tiān xué de nèi róng zǒng jié xià lái。
She summarized what she learned today.
老师总结了学生的表现。
lǎo shī zǒng jié le xué shēng de biǎo xiàn。
The teacher summarized the students' performance.
每次考试后都要总结经验。
měi cì kǎo shì hòu dōu yào zǒng jié jīng yàn。
After every exam, you should summarize the experience.
总结能帮助我们记得更牢。
zǒng jié néng bāng zhù wǒ men jì de gèng láo。
Summarizing helps us remember better.

Mini dialogue

考试之后

A
这次数学考试怎么样?
Zhè cì shùxué kǎoshì zěnme yàng?
How was the math exam this time?
B
还不错。我总结了一下,粗心是我最大的问题。
Hái bùcuò. Wǒ zǒngjié le yīxià, cūxīn shì wǒ zuì dà de wèntí.
Not bad. I summarized it, and carelessness is my biggest problem.

小组汇报

A
谁来总结一下我们小组今天的讨论?
Shéi lái zǒngjié yīxià wǒmen xiǎozǔ jīntiān de tǎolùn?
Who will summarize our group's discussion today?
B
我来吧。我们决定周末去公园做清洁。
Wǒ lái ba. Wǒmen juédìng zhōumò qù gōngyuán zuò qīngjié.
I'll do it. We decided to go to the park to clean up this weekend.

Related words and contrasts

similar
概括
gài kuò
to summarize

Both mean to give the main points.

related
结尾
jié wěi
ending

A 总结 often comes at the 结尾 of a talk or story.

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