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总

zǒng

HSK 3 Character Traditional 總

What 总 means

1. bound formgeneral; overall
2. to sum up
3. in every case; always; invariably
4. anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later
5. surely
6. (after a person's name) abbr. for {总经理|zǒng jīng lǐ} or {总编|zǒng biān} etc

Example sentences

• 他总是要钱。
  Tā zǒngshì yàoqián.
  He is always asking for money.
• 他总是在线。
  Tā zǒngshì zàixiàn.
  He is always online.
• 我总觉得渴。
  I'm always thirsty.
• 总是在下雨。
  It is raining all the time.
• 他总是在笑。
  He is always laughing.
• 你总是迟到。
  You are always late.

Words starting with 总

• 总是zǒng shìalways
• 总结zǒng jiéto sum up; to conclude; summary
• 总统zǒng tǒngpresident (of a country)
• 总理zǒng lǐpremier; prime minister
• 总之zǒng zhīin a word; in short; in brief
• 总算zǒng suànat long last; finally; on the whole
• 总裁zǒng cáichairman; director-general (of a company etc)
• 总共zǒng gòngaltogether; in sum; in all; in total
• 总和zǒng hésum
• 总而言之zǒng ér yán zhīin short; in a word; in brief
• 总经理zǒng jīng lǐgeneral manager; CEO
• 总体zǒng tǐcompletely; totally; total
• 总要zǒng yàonevertheless
• 总数zǒng shùtotal; sum; aggregate
• 总部zǒng bùgeneral headquarters
• 总额zǒng étotal (amount or value)
• 总监zǒng jiānhead; director (of an organizational unit); (police) commissioner
• 总量zǒng liàngtotal; overall amount
• 总书记zǒng shū jigeneral secretary (of the Communist Party)
• 总得zǒng děimust; have to; be bound to
• 总分zǒng fēnoverall score; total points
• 总管zǒng guǎnto be in charge of (a major area of responsibility); person in charge; manager…
• 总的来说zǒng de lái shuōgenerally speaking; to sum up; in summary
• 总公司zǒng gōng sīparent company; head office

Words containing 总

• 老总lǎo zǒngboss; sir (person with a leading role in an organization)…
• 周总理Zhōu zǒng lǐPremier Zhou Enlai 周恩来 (1898-1976)
• 夜总会yè zǒng huìnightclub; nightspot
• 生产总值shēng chǎn zǒng zhígross domestic production (GDP); total output value
• 汇总huì zǒngto collect and summarize; to aggregate (data, reports etc)
• 林林总总lín lín zǒng zǒngin great abundance; numerous
• 大总统dà zǒng tǒngpresident (primarily used during the early years of the Republic of China, 1912–1928)
• 加总jiā zǒngto aggregate; to calculate the total; aggregate; total
• 前总理qián zǒng lǐformer prime minister
• 前总统qián zǒng tǒngformer president
• 把总bǎ zǒnglow-level officer of the army from the Ming to the mid Qing Dynasty
• 国务总理guó wù zǒng lǐminister of state (old usage)
• 社会总需求shè huì zǒng xū qiúaggregate social demand; total requirement of society
• 数据总线shù jù zǒng xiàndata bus (computer)
• 武经总要Wǔ Jīng Zǒng Yào"Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques", book published in 1044 during the…
• 国家环保总局Guó jiā Huán bǎo Zǒng jú(mainland) State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), former incarnation…
• 广电总局Guǎng diàn Zǒng júNational Radio and Television Administration (NRTA)…
• 海关总署hǎi guān zǒng shǔGeneral Administration of Customs (GAC)
• 运营总监yùn yíng zǒng jiānchief operating officer (COO)
• 美国太空总署Měi guó Tài kōng Zǒng shǔNASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
• 关贸总协定Guān Mào Zǒng xié dìngGATT, the 1995 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• 国内生产总值guó nèi shēng chǎn zǒng zhígross domestic product (GDP)
• 国民生产总值guó mín shēng chǎn zǒng zhígross national product (GNP)
• 检察总长jiǎn chá zǒng zhǎng(Taiwan) Prosecutor-General

Characters built on 口

These share the phonetic component 口 (kǒu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
• 咙lóngused in 喉咙
• 哄hōngroar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd)
• 咚dōng(onomatopoeia) boom (of a drum); knock (on the door)
• 咏yǒngto sing
• 哝nóng(bound form) to mutter; to mumble
• 嗵tōng(onomatopoeia) thump; thud
• 喁yóng(literary) (of a fish) to stick its mouth out of the water

Characters that look like 总

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 息xībreath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)
• 忽hūto neglect; to overlook; to ignore
• 恭gōngrespectful
• 恳kěnearnest
• 恙yàngsickness
• 恣zìto abandon restraint; to do as one pleases; comfortable (dialect)

Sounds the same

Read zǒng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 偬busy; hurried; despondent
• 摠general; in every case; to hold
• 熜torch made from hemp straw (old)
• 緫variant of 总
• 縂variant of 总