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总理

zǒng lǐㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄌㄧˇ

Sino-Vietnamese: TỔNG LÝ

Traditional: 總理

HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 6TOCFL 4

Meaning(noun)

premier; prime minister

Measure words: 个、位、名

Examples

  • 总理昨天访问了这家工厂。

    zǒng lǐ zuó tiān fǎng wèn le zhè jiā gōng chǎng.

    The premier visited this factory yesterday.

  • 越南总理将参加这次会议。

    yuè nán zǒng lǐ jiāng cān jiā zhè cì huì yì.

    Vietnam's prime minister will attend this conference.

  • 新闻里正在报道总理的讲话。

    xīn wén lǐ zhèng zài bào dào zǒng lǐ de jiǎng huà.

    The news is reporting on the premier's speech.

Easily confused

  • 总统 — 总统 is a president; 总理 is a premier (China, Vietnam…); 首相 is a prime minister in the UK or Japan.

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Stroke order

TỔNG · 9 strokes

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 总经理 or 总编 etc

LÝ · 11 strokes

texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in