完全 wánquán — completely, entirely, fully

Meanings

1. 1

   completely, entirely, fully

   All the way, with nothing left over or missing — 完 finished, whole, 全 entire. It sits before a verb or an adjective as an intensifier stronger and more absolute than 很: 完全同意, 完全不同, 完全正确.

   adverb
2. 2

   complete, whole, total (of a state or set)

   adjective

Example sentences

• 我完全同意你说的话。/我完全同意你說的話。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) wánquán (second tone, rising) tóngyì (second tone, rising) nǐ (third tone, dipping) shuō (first tone, high and level) de (neutral tone) huà. (fourth tone, falling)···

  I completely agree with what you said.

• 这两个问题完全不一样。/這兩個問題完全不一樣。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) liǎng (third tone, dipping) ge (neutral tone) wèntí (fourth tone, falling) wánquán (second tone, rising) bù (fourth tone, falling) yíyàng. (second tone, rising)···

  These two problems are completely different.

Common mistakes

• Not quite我们完全喜欢这个电影。

  Correct我们都喜欢这个电影。

  完全 intensifies how thoroughly something is true — completely, without reservation; it does not mean "all of us, every one", which is what 都 says.

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