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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
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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

HSK 3 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 一共.

  • 起来qǐ laistand up; sit up; rise to one's feet
  • 成绩chéng jìresults; marks; achievement
  • 熊猫xióng māopanda
  • 照相机zhào xiàng jīcamera
  • 爷爷yé yegrandfather [father's father]
  • 季节jì jiéseason
  • 比较bǐ jiàocompare
  • 城市chéng shìcity
  • 一边yī biānon the one hand …
  • 欢迎huān yíngto welcome
  • 中间zhōng jiānmiddle
  • 决定jué dìngdecide
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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
    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.