总
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(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 +5
- Structure
- Top–middle–bottom 上中下
- Traditional
- 總
- Common rank
- #446
- Unicode
- U+603B
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Formation & memory
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Words with 总
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 总会会长 | president of the association | |
| 中华全国总工会 | All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) | |
| 总会三明治 | (Tw) club sandwich (variant of 總匯三明治|总汇三明治[zong3 hui4 san1 ming2 zhi4]) | |
| 总人口 | total population | |
| 中国海洋石油总公司 | CNOOC; China National Offshore Oil Corporation | |
| 总体上说 | looking at the big picture; all in all; all things considered | |
| 中华全国体育总会 | All-China Sports Federation | |
| 总平面图 | general layout; site plan | |
| 总角之交 | (idiom) childhood friend | |
| 中国核能总公司 | China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) | |
| 总经理 | general manager; CEO | |
| 总成本 | total costs | |
| 总而言之 | in short; in a word; in brief | |
| 总角之好 | (idiom) childhood friend | |
| 国务总理 | minister of state (old usage) | |
| 前总理 | former prime minister | |
| 一总 | altogether; in all | |
| 总动员 | general mobilization (for war etc) | |
| 总主教 | archbishop; primate (of a church); metropolitan | |
| 总开关 | main switch |
Sound family
These characters use 总 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 总 sound part | to gather, to collect; overall, altogether | |
| 聪 | sharp (of sight and hearing); intelligent, clever, bright |