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总 zǒng

to gather, to collect; overall, altogether

Strokes
9
Level
HSK 3
Radical
心
Traditional
總
Type
Ideograph
Made of 丷口心 ⿳丷口心

Memory hint: Many mouths 口 speaking with one mind 心

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  1. 他总是迟到。
    Tā zǒngshì chídào.
    He is always late.
    he always late
  2. 你能不能总结一下这篇文章？
    Nǐ néng bu néng zǒngjié yíxià zhè piān wénzhāng?
    Can you summarize this article?
    you can not can summarize a-bit this (measure) article
  3. 我们请总裁来讲几句话吧。
    Wǒmen qǐng zǒngcái lái jiǎng jǐ jù huà ba.
    Let's ask the president to say a few words.
    we invite president come say few (measure) words (particle)
  4. 这些东西总共不到一百块钱。
    Zhèxiē dōngxi zǒnggòng bú dào yìbǎi kuài qián.
    These things don't add up to a hundred yuan in total.
    these things altogether not reach hundred (measure) money
  5. 开会以后，他总是一个人留在办公室。
    Kāihuì yǐhòu, tā zǒngshì yí ge rén liú zài bàngōngshì.
    After the meeting, he always stays alone in the office.
    hold-meeting after, he always one (measure) person stay at office

Words with 总 (10)