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总 (zǒng): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 3

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How to write 总 — animated stroke order

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2.

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3.

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4.

HSK Vocabulary: 总

HSK words that contain this character.

总是

zǒng shì

always

总结

zǒng jié

to sum up

总之

5.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 总 is used in context

tā他

zǒng总

shì是

zhǔn准

shí时

dào到

dá

Information

Pinyinzǒng

Meaningoverall

Strokes9

Radical心

Traditional總

StructureTop-Bottom

Frequency#475

Zhuyinㄗㄨㄥˇ

UnicodeU+603B

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zǒng zhī

in a word; in short; in brief

HSK 5

总共

zǒng gòng

in all; altogether

总理

zǒng lǐ

prime minister

总算

zǒng suàn

at long last; finally

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总统

zǒng tǒng

president

总裁

zǒng cái

president; director general

总和

zǒnghé

sum; total

总而言之

zǒng’éryánzhī

to make a long story short; all in all; generally speaking

总体

zǒng tǐ

completely

总数

zǒng shù

total

总计

zǒng jì

(grand) total

总部

zǒng bù

general headquarters

总额

zǒng’é

Total amount / Total sum

达

bàn办

gōng公

shì室

。

He always arrives at the office on time.

tā他

shì是

gōng公

sī司

de的

zǒng总

fù负

zé责

rén人

。

He is the company's chief person in charge.

wǒ我

men们

zǒng总

gòng共

yǒu有

èr二

shí十

gè个

xué学

shēng生

。

We have twenty students in total.

qǐng请

zǒng总

jié结

yí一

xià下

huì会

yì议

nèi内

róng容

。

Please summarize the meeting content.

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