综合

• 拼音: zōng hé
• 汉字拆解: 综 = 糸 (silk/thread) + 宗 (ancestor/main, phonetic), to gather threads; 合 = 亼 (to come together) + 口 (mouth), to combine

含义

To synthesise; to integrate; comprehensive. Refers to combining multiple elements into a whole.

Used as a verb (综合各方意见 'synthesise opinions from all sides') or as a modifier (综合能力 'comprehensive ability'). Common in academic, administrative, and analytical contexts. 综合性 describes something of a comprehensive nature, e.g. 综合性大学 (comprehensive university). The opposite of 综合 as synthesis is 分析 (analysis).

例句

1. 老师综合了同学们的意见，对课程安排做出了调整。
2. 这家医院是一所综合性医院，可以治疗多种疾病。
3. 报告综合了来自不同地区的调查数据，结果更加可靠。

用法指南

语境: academic, workplace, research

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 综合来看，这个方案是最可行的。(Taking everything into consideration, this plan is the most feasible.)
• 我们需要综合分析多方面的因素。(We need to comprehensively analyse factors from multiple angles.)

错误说法

• 用'综合'替代'总结' (Don't use 综合 when you mean 总结 — 综合 implies synthesising multiple things into one, while 总结 means summing up or concluding)

起源与历史

Compound of 综 (to gather threads together, from 糸 silk radical) and 合 (to combine, to close). The character 综 originally referred to gathering warp threads on a loom, metaphorically extended to mean 'bringing together'.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal