整体
Written zhěng tǐ, said zhéng tǐ — a third tone before another third tone is said as a second.
Meaning
- whole; entirety
- overall; whole; general
- on the whole; overall
Example sentence
从整体看,计划似乎很好。
As a whole, the plan seems to be good.
Characters in 整体
- 整 zhěng (bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly
- 体 tǐ body; form, system
整 whole plus 体, a body. 体 gives 身体, 具体 and 体育. The whole considered as one thing.