in all; altogether (adv.)
HSK 5
Traditional
總共
Radicals
Stroke order
Examples
我们总共有十个人参加会议。 wǒ men zǒng gòng yǒu shí gè rén cān jiā huì yì. - We have a total of ten people attending the meeting.
这次活动总共持续了两个小时。 zhè cì huó dòng zǒng gòng chí xù le liǎng gè xiǎo shí. - This event lasted a total of two hours.
他们总共走了三十公里。 tā men zǒng gòng zǒu le sān shí gōng lǐ. - They walked a total of thirty kilometers.
这次比赛总共进行了五场比赛。 zhè cì bǐ sài zǒng gòng jìn xíng le wǔ chǎng bǐ sài. - A total of five matches were played in this competition.
总共有多少人参加了这次活动？ zǒng gòng yǒu duō shǎo rén cān jiā le zhè cì huó dòng? - How many people in total participated in this event?
Characters
共 gòng - common, general; have or undertake together; (abbr.) the Communist party |
总 zǒng - to sum up; overall, general; chief, head; always; after all, sooner or later, anyway |