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总统

zǒng tǒng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 總統 Measure word 个、位、名、届

总统 (zǒng tǒng) means "president (of a country)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 总统 means

1. president (of a country)

The characters in 总统

• 总zǒng(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably
• 统tǒngto gather; to unite; to unify

Example sentences

• 他被选为总统。
  He was elected president.
• 你选谁当总统？
  For whom will you vote for president?
• 总统很难接近。
  The president is difficult to approach.
• 珍是总统的秘书。
  Jane is the president's secretary.
• 总统目前在迈阿密。
  Zǒngtǒng mùqián zài Mài'āmì.
  The president is presently in Miami.
• 他们企图暗杀总统。
  Tāmen qǐtú ànshā zǒngtǒng.
  They attempted to assassinate the president.

Words starting with 总统

• 总统府zǒng tǒng fǔpresidential palace
• 总统制zǒng tǒng zhìpresidential system
• 总统任期zǒng tǒng rèn qīpresidential term of office; presidency
• 总统大选zǒng tǒng dà xuǎnpresidential election
• 总统选举zǒng tǒng xuǎn jǔpresidential election

Words containing 总统

• 大总统dà zǒng tǒngpresident (primarily used during the early years of the Republic of China, 1912–1928)
• 前总统qián zǒng tǒngformer president
• 副总统fù zǒng tǒngvice-president

Where 总统 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Governance, Laws & Political Order (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zǒng tǒng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.