通盘

通盤

tōngpán

adjective #63,989

Meanings

1 overall
2 comprehensive
3 across-the-board

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

我们要通盘考虑这个问题。

Wǒmen yào tōngpán kǎolǜ zhège wèntí.

We need to consider this issue comprehensively.

HSK 6

政府制定了通盘规划。

Zhèngfǔ zhìdìng le tōngpán guīhuà.

The government has drawn up an overall plan.

Tips

memory

通 ('through, all-the-way') + 盘 ('plate, the whole board of a game') - think of taking in the entire chessboard at once. 通盘考虑 = 'look at the whole board before moving'.

Stroke Order

通 tōng

盘 pán