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总
總
zǒng
1. always
2. to assemble
3. gather
4. total
5. overall
6. head
7. chief
8. general
9. in every case
Very Common • Top 0%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

总
zǒng
to gather, to collect; overall, altogether
HSK 3 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

一总
yīzǒng
altogether
汇总
huìzǒng
summary
加总
jiāzǒng
sum (result of addition)
百总
bǎizǒng
see [[把總|把总<bǎzǒng>]]
把总
bǎzǒng
low-level officer of the army from the Ming to the mid Qing Dynasty
汇总
huìzǒng
summary
总集
zǒngjí
general collection
总归
zǒngguī
eventually
总长
zǒngzhǎng
name used for cabinet ministers between 1912-1927, superceded by [[部長|部长<bùzhǎng>]]
总台
zǒngtái
front desk
总理
zǒnglǐ
premier
HSK 5
总裁
zǒngcái
chairman
HSK 5
老总
lǎozǒng
boss
总量
zǒngliàng
total
总能
zǒngnéng
total energy
总监
zǒngjiān
head
总目
zǒngmù
super-order (taxonomy)
总督
zǒngdū
governor-general
总社
zǒngshè
cooperative (organisation)
总称
zǒngchēng
generic term

Example Sentences (1)

但是每次上课时,总会有学生忘了拿铅笔,
dàn shì měi cì shàng kè shí, zǒng huì yǒu xué shēng wàng le ná qiān bǐ,
But every time in class, there are always students who forget to bring a pencil,
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Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
227
Word Frequency Rank
300 of 84,292

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