Chinese symbol for “altogether”
总共
zǒng gòng
Traditional: 總共
altogether; in sum; in all; in total
The closest CC-CEDICT match for altogether is 总共 (zǒng gòng), defined as: altogether; in sum; in all; in total.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “altogether”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一起 | yī qǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 一共 | yī gòng | in total; altogether |
| 共 | gòng | common; general |
| 合共 | hé gòng | altogether; in sum |
| 凡 | fán | ordinary; commonplace |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 总共.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 总统 (總統) | zǒng tǒng | president (of a country) |
| 总是 (總是) | zǒng shì | always |
| 总理 (總理) | zǒng lǐ | premier; prime minister |
| 总结 (總結) | zǒng jié | to sum up; to conclude |
| 总部 (總部) | zǒng bù | headquarters |
| 总之 (總之) | zǒng zhī | in a word; in short |
| 共同 | gòng tóng | common; joint |
| 公共 | gōng gòng | public; common; communal |
See also: Japanese symbol for “altogether”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.