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而言

éryán
particle #1,787

Meanings

  1. 1 in terms of
  2. 2 as far as ... is concerned
  3. 3 speaking of

Examples

就我而言，我同意你的看法。
Jiù wǒ éryán, wǒ tóngyì nǐ de kànfǎ.
As far as I'm concerned, I agree with your view.
总体而言，今年的情况比去年好。
Zǒngtǐ éryán, jīnnián de qíngkuàng bǐ qùnián hǎo.
Overall, the situation this year is better than last year.
对他而言，这不是问题。
Duì tā éryán, zhè bú shì wèntí.
For him, this isn't a problem.

Tips

grammar
而言 follows patterns like 就...而言 (as far as ... goes), 对...而言 (for ...), 总体而言 (overall), 一般而言 (generally speaking). It is more formal than 来说.

Stroke Order

而 ér
言 yán