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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