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一共

yī gòng

HSK 3 2-character word

What 一共 means

1. in total; altogether

The characters in 一共

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 共gòngcommon; general; to share

Example sentences

• 一共要多少钱？
  Yīgòng yào duōshao qián?
  How much will it all cost?
• 算上你一共十个人
  Including you there will be 10 people.
• 你一共花了多少钱？
  Nǐ yīgòng huā le duōshao qián?
  What is the total amount of money you spent?
• 一共有十多个学生。
  There are about ten to twenty students in total.
• 我这趟旅程一共在内需要十二天。
  This trip of mine would need twelve days in total.
• 我的姓、名一共有五十划，写起来麻烦得很。
  It's a lot of trouble to write my name, because it takes 50 strokes to write both my first and last names.