总共
zǒng gòngㄗㄨㄥˇ ㄍㄨㄥˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: TỔNG CỘNG
Traditional: 總共
HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 4
Meaning(adverb)
altogether; in sum; in all; in total
Examples
我们班总共有三十个学生。
wǒ men bān zǒng gòng yǒu sān shí gè xué shēng.
There are thirty students in our class altogether.
这些东西总共多少钱?
zhè xiē dōng xi zǒng gòng duō shǎo qián?
How much is all this altogether?
我总共去过三次中国。
wǒ zǒng gòng qù guò sān cì zhōng guó.
I've been to China three times in all.
Easily confused
- 一共 — Practically the same as 一共; 总共 is slightly more formal.
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Stroke order
TỔNG · 9 strokes
general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc
CỘNG · 6 strokes
common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party
Related words
- 总是 zǒng shì — always
- 总结 zǒng jié — to sum up; to conclude; summary; résumé
- 总统 zǒng tǒng — president (of a country)
- 总之 zǒng zhī — in a word; in short; in brief
- 总裁 zǒng cái — chairman; director-general (of a company etc)
- 总算 zǒng suàn — at long last; finally; on the whole
- 总理 zǒng lǐ — premier; prime minister
- 总和 zǒng hé — sum