adjective / adverb HSK 5
comprehensive · all-round · overall · in all aspects
Meaning
全面 means comprehensive or all-round, describing something that covers all aspects or dimensions without omission. It emphasizes completeness and thoroughness in coverage, analysis, or development.
Usage
Commonly used in formal or semi-formal contexts to describe comprehensive approaches, thorough analysis, or well-rounded development. It frequently modifies nouns like 发展 (development), 了解 (understanding), 改革 (reform), or appears as an adverb meaning 'comprehensively'. Often appears in government reports, academic writing, and news.
Examples
- 01我们需要对这个问题进行全面的分析。.We need to conduct a comprehensive analysis of this problem.
- 02他对中国历史有全面的了解。.He has a comprehensive understanding of Chinese history.
Characters
Common collocations
- 全面发展all-round development
- 全面了解to understand comprehensively
- 全面改革comprehensive reform
- 全面分析comprehensive analysis
Antonyms
Origin
Combines 全 (complete/whole) with 面 (face/aspect), literally meaning 'all faces/aspects', creating the sense of covering every dimension or angle of something.