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一共 (yī gòng): Altogether (Adverb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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一 • yī • one; once; first; structural word between two of the same verb; as soon as; throughout • HSK 2.0 L1
HSK 1
yī一

one; once; first; structural word between two of the same verb; as soon as; throughout

共 • gòng • together, common, share
gòng共

together, common, share

Word Info

Pinyinyī gòng
Meaningaltogether
Characters2
SyntaxAdverb
4.

Readings & Senses

yī gòng(yi gong)
1. [adverb]altogether[HSK3]
yí gòng(yi gong)
1. [adverb]altogether[HSK 3.0 · L3]
5.

How to Use 一共 in Sentences

Adverb + Verb
yī一
gòng共
shì是
neutral
is in total
yī一
gòng共
huā花
le了
neutral
spent in total
Adverb + Verb Phrasewith多少钱
yī一
gòng共
duō多
shao少
qián钱
Adverb + Noun Phrasewith三个人
yī一
gòng共
sān三
gè个
rén人
6.

Example Sentences with 一共

wǒ我
men们
yī一
gòng共
sān三
gè个
neutral
Spoken
how much in total
neutral
three people in total
rén人
。
There are three of us in total.
zhè这
cì次
huì会
yì议
wǒ我
men们
yí一
gòng共
yāo邀
qǐng请
le了
shí十
wǔ五
wèi位
zhuān专
jiā家
cān参
jiā加
。
We have invited a total of fifteen experts to participate in this conference.
nǐ你
suàn算
yí一
xià下
，
wǒ我
men们
mǎi买
de的
zhè这
xiē些
dōng东
xi西
yí一
gòng共
duō多
shǎo少
qián钱
？
Can you calculate how much all these things we bought cost altogether?
zhè这
běn本
shū书
yī一
gòng共
liǎng两
bǎi百
yè页
，
wǒ我
kuài快
kàn看
wán完
le了
。
This book has 200 pages in total, and I'm almost finished reading it.
wǒ我
men们
yí一
gòng共
méi没
liáo聊
jǐ几
jù句
，
tā他
jiù就
cōng匆
cōng匆
lí离
kāi开
le了
。
We didn't talk for more than a few sentences altogether before he hurriedly left.

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More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 一共.

  • 笔记本bǐ jì běnnotebook
  • 遇到yù dàoto meet
  • 结婚jié hūnmarry
  • 校长xiào zhǎnghead teacher; principal
  • 周末zhōu mòweekend
  • 经理jīng lǐmanager
  • 其他qí tāother
  • 照片zhào piànphotograph
  • 影响yǐng xiǎnginfluence; to affect
  • 相信xiāng xìnto believe
  • 重要zhòng yàoimportant
  • 附近fù jìnnearby
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 一共.

Words with 一
  • 一些yī xiēsome
  • 一半yī bànhalf
  • 一点儿yī diǎn era bit
  • 一下
yī xià
[used after a verb] give something a go
  • 一起yì qǐtogether
  • 第一dì yīfirstly
  • 一定yī dìngdefinitely
  • 一样yī yàngsame; identical
    • Words with 共
    • 公共汽车gōng gòng qì chēbus
    • 公共gōng gòngpublic; common; communal
    • 共同gòng tóngjointly
    • 共享gòng xiǎngto share
    • 总共zǒng gòngin all; altogether
    • 共计gòng jìaltogether; grand total
    • 共鸣gòng míngresonate; sympathetic response
    • 共和国gòng hé guórepublic